Species Fockea capensis
Pictures from Observations
Range:
Location unknown
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Etymology of Fockea:
For Gustav Waldemar (Woldemar) Focke (1810–1877), German physician, plant physiologist and amateur microscopist. He studied at the University of Heidelberg, obtaining a PhD in 1833 and did post-doctoral studies under Stephan Ladislaus Finite (1804–1829), professor and director of the botanical garden at the University of Vienna, and under professor Christian Gottfried Erenberg (1795–1876) at the University of Berlin; the founder of the science of micropaleontology and microbiology, and also spent some time at the University of Halle. Despite all his training he did not publish many papers concerning his research, although he delivered a lot of lectures. He was highly involved in scientific societies and a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina among others. His major works were De respiratione vegetabilium (1833) and Physiologische Studien (1847).
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:
Iconog. t. 91 (1838); Nov. Stirp. (1839)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1839
Observations of Taxon
Fockea capensis
Name of observer:
Doreen Court (Mr.Drimia)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection: