Species Burchellia bubalina
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Etymology of Burchellia:
For William John Burchell (1782–1863), English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist and author. The son of a botanist and nursery owner, he served his apprenticeship at Kew Gardens. In 1805 he travelled to St Helena where in 1807 he became a schoolmaster and acting botanist. In 1810 he travelled to Cape Town. Between 1810 and 1815, he travelled some 7 000km, some in uncharted territory, and collected 50 000 specimens which he took back to England. He described this journey in the two-volume Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa (1822). Apart from flowers, his name is also associated with Burchell’s zebra and Burchell’s coucal. Between 1825 and 1830, he travelled to Brazil collecting many specimens, including over 20 000 insects. His diaries of this trip are lost but his field notes survived.
Etymology of bubalina:
Commemorating Burchell, a 19th-century English explorer, British naturalist, traveller, artist and author. He discovered and documented many species during his travels through Southern Africa.
Scientific name:
Burchellia bubalina (L. f.) Sims
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Protologue:
Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2339 (1822)
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Year published:
1822
Shrub or small tree to 5 m. Leaves opposite, elliptic, glossy above, margins revolute. Flowers few in terminal heads, tubular, velvety, orange. Sept.--Dec. Mainly in forests, LB, SE (Grootvadersbos to Mpumalanga).
Observations of Taxon
Burchellia bubalina
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
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Burchellia bubalina
Name of observer:
James Deacon (Mr.Drimia)
Date observed:
18/10/2020 - 5:32pm
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Burchellia bubalina
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Burchellia bubalina
Name of observer:
Elsa Pooley (David)
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Burchellia bubalina
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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