Species Ceropegia lugardae
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There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia lugardae.
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 lugardae:
Named after Maj. Edward James Lugard (1865-1944) or his brother Maj. Fredrick John Dealtry Lugard (1858-1945) who led an expedition across the Kalahari Desert to Lake Ngami in1896. In 1897-1899, James visited the same area collecting 374 species of which 92 were described as new.
Scientific name:
Ceropegia lugardae N.E. Br.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Gard. Chron., ser. 3 Ser. III. xxx. (1901)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1901
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ceropegia lugardae.
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