Species Dumasia capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Dumasia capensis.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Dumasia:
For Jean Baptiste André Dumas (1800–1884), a French chemist, member of the legislative assembly, minister of agriculture, a senator, and president of the Paris municipality, husband of Hermine Brongniart and son-in-law of French chemist, minerologist and zoologist Alexandre Brongniart (1770–1847). He is best known for his works on organic analysis and synthesis, as well as the determination of atomic weights (relative atomic masses) and molecular weights by measuring vapour densities. He was the co-founder and founder-editor of Annales des sciences naturelles in 1824 with Adolphe Theodore Brongniart (his brother-in-law) and Jean Victoire Audouin, and authored Die Philosophie der Chemie: Vorlesungen, geh. Im Collège de France in 1839.
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:
Dumasia capensis Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Protologue:
Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral. 245 (1836)
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Year published:
1836
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Dumasia capensis.