Species Elegia capensis
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Elegia:
Gk. elegeia, elegia = song of lamentation; possibly referring to the sound restios make while they are moving in the breeze.
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:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
J. S. African Bot. 33(3): 156 (1967)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1967
Observations of Taxon
Elegia capensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Elegia capensis
Name of observer:
Anne Bean & Amida Johns (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Elegia capensis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/12/2016 - 12:18pm
Collection:
Elegia capensis
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Elegia capensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/09/2020 - 3:13pm
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