Species Didymodoxa capensis
Pictures from Observations
Range:
Location unknown
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Etymology of Didymodoxa:
Gk. didymos = twin, paired; doxa = glory, glorious; possibly referring to the double fruit.
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:
Didymodoxa capensis (L. f.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear
Common names:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Nord. J. Bot. 7(2): 126 (1987)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1987
Monoecious sprawling to upright, glabrescent or hairy annual to 30 cm. Leaves soft, ovate, entire or crenate to bluntly toothed, with ovate--lanceolate stipules. Flowers in axillary clusters, green. Aug.--Nov. Sheltered sites, forest margins and clearings, NW, SW, LB, SE (Namibia and Namaqualand to Knysna).
Observations of Taxon
Didymodoxa capensis var. integrifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
21/09/2020 - 10:15am
Collection: