Species Felicia bellidioides
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Felicia:
Origin uncertain. La. felix = happy, cheerful, though in the neuter plural form felicia = happy things; possibly a reference to the bright flowers. Other sources vaguely refer to a mysterious German official in Regensburg called Felix who died in 1846 but speculatively and more probably for the Italian Fortunato Bartolomeo de Felice (1723–1789), an Italian scholar established in Yverdon who led the European team that wrote the Yverdon Encyclopedia, published between 1770 and 1780 in 58 quarto volumes. This superseded the Parisian Encyclopedie of Diderot and d’Alembert published between 1751 and 1772.
Etymology of bellidioides:
From the Latin ‘bellidi’ / ‘bellis’ meaning ‘a daisy genus’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Scientific name:
Felicia bellidioides Schltr.
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
J. Bot. 219 (1897)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1897
Softly hairy perennial to 25 cm. Leaves spathulate to narrowly oblanceolate, soft, in a basal tuft. Flower heads radiate, solitary on elongate peduncles, mauve or blue with yellow disc. Aug.--Jan. Rocks on south-facing slopes at high elevations, NW, SW, KM (Cedarberg Mts to Oudtshoorn).
Observations of Taxon
Felicia bellidioides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/11/2008 - 5:15pm
Collection:
Felicia bellidioides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/11/2008 - 5:15pm
Collection: