Species Galium capense
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Etymology of Galium:
Gk. galion = bedstraw, from gala = milk; referring to the flowers of G. verum, lady’s bedstraw. This plant was, in the past, used to curdle milk and is still used to colour cheese (Don Perrin). insects and plants to Linnaeus and others. His support of England in the American Revolutionary War resulted in the confiscation of his property. The plant name assigned to him by Linnaeus is a South African genus, although he never visited South Africa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1773), a founder Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783) and on his return to England became the Royal Society’s vice-president.
Etymology of capense:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Scientific name:
Galium capense Thunb.
Common names:
Tiny Tots
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Protologue:
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 30 (1794)
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Year published:
1794
Scrambling glabrescent perennial to 90 cm. Leaves in whorls of 6--10, linear-ericoid with margins revolute. Flowers many in axillary cymes, anthers exserted, yellowish. Sept.--Dec. Rocky, damp places, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (most of South Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Galium capense
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Galium capense
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
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Galium capense
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
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Galium capense subsp. capense
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Riaan de Villiers (David)
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Galium capense
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
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