Species Corrigiola capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Corrigiola capensis.
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Etymology of Corrigiola:
La. diminutive of the corrigia = shoelace; perhaps alluding to the slender stems.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Scientific name:
Corrigiola capensis Willd.
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Protologue:
Sp. Pl., ed. 4 [Willd.] 1(2): 1507 (1798)
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Year published:
1798
Prostrate biennial or perennial to 3 cm from a woody taproot. Leaves oblanceolate, stipules 3--3.5 mm long, streaked brown. Flowers in compact terminal clusters, 2--2.5 mm long, greenish. Aug.--Sept. Sandy flats, NW (Namaqualand, Clanwilliam, Tulbagh and tropical Africa).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Corrigiola capensis.
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