Species Disa harveyana
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Range:
Range unknown
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Etymology of Disa:
Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Etymology of harveyana:
Named after William Henry Harvey (1811–1866), Irish botanist and algalologist, curator of Trinity College Herbarium, and author of Phycologia Britannica,Genera of South African Plants and of the first three volumes of Flora Capensis. As treasurer-general he resided at Bishopscourt and undertook most of his early collecting and documenting from there. He ultimately described over 750 species and over 75 genera of algae.
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Observations of Taxon
Disa
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
16/12/2016 - 9:17pm
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