Species Elegia marlothii
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There aren’t any identifications of Elegia marlothii.
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 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:
Elegia marlothii (Pillans) Moline & H. P. Linder
Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Syst. Bot. 30: 772 (2005)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2005
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Elegia marlothii.