Species Ceropegia dinteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia dinteri.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Ceropegia:
Gk. keros = wax; pege = fountain. Linnaeus described this genus in volume 1 of his Species plantarum, which appeared in 1753. Linnaeus thought that the flowers looked like candles and Ceropegia literally means a fountain of wax.
Etymology of dinteri:
Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.
Scientific name:
Ceropegia dinteri Schltr.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here
Protologue:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 153 (1913)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1913
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia dinteri.
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