Species Felicia wrightii
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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 This superseded the Parisian Encyclopedie of Diderot and d’Alembert published between 1751 and 1772.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 wrightii:
Named after Felix Binns Wright (1907-?) veterinarian and nature conservationist; ed. Pretoria Univ. 1925–29, graduating B.V.Sc. Worked in the Government Veterinary Service 1930–45, in private practice at Mooi River 1946–51, and with the Natal Parks Board at Kamberg Nature Reserve from 1951 until his retirement in 1972, after which he settled at Nottingham Road.
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 31(1): 7 (1971)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1971
Observations of Taxon
Felicia wrightii
Name of observer:
Elsa Pooley (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown