Species Disa marlothii
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Range:
Location 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 marlothii:
Named after Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855-1931), a German-born pharmacist, analytical chemist and botanist who collected plants in Namibia in 1886, discovering over 100 new species. A brilliant naturalist who translated his insightful observations together with art in his seminal Flora of South Africa.
Scientific name:
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Long etymology:
Protologue:
Trans. S. African Philos. Soc. 16: 148 (1906)
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Year published:
1906
Observations of Taxon
Disa marlothii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown