Species Eragrostis galpinii
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There aren’t any identifications of Eragrostis galpinii.
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Etymology of Eragrostis:
Gk. eros = love; agrostis = grass; allegedly referring to the ‘graceful heart-shaped spikelets’, but also the ‘graceful dancing spikelet’ and ‘female aroma of the inflorescences of many species’; ‘love grass’.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
Eragrostis galpinii Stent
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Protologue:
Bothalia 1[1-3]: 176-178 (1921) [1923]; Bothalia 1: 176 (1923)
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Year published:
1921
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Eragrostis galpinii.
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