Species Caralluma marlothii
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There aren’t any identifications of Caralluma marlothii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Caralluma:
Caralluma is named from the Arabian qarh alluhum = a flesh wound or abscess; perhaps referring to the erect, fleshy, diffusely branched stem.
Etymology of marlothii:
Named after Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855-1931), a German-born pharmacist, analytical chemist and botanist who collected plants in Namibia in 1886, discovering over 100 new species. A brilliant naturalist who translated his insightful observations together with art in his seminal Flora of South Africa.
Scientific name:
Caralluma marlothii N.E. Br.
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Long etymology:
Protologue:
Gard. Chron., ser. 3 2: 414 (1903); Gard. Chron., ser. 3 34: 414 (1903)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1903
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Caralluma marlothii.
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