Species Gazania krebsiana
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Gazania:
Gk. gaze, gaza = riches, royal treasure; chloe = grass; or possibly after Theodorus Gaza (many spellings of this name) (1398–1478), a Greek scholar who moved to Italy in 1430. He became professor in Greek at the University of Ferrara (1447) and a Greek-Latin translator for Pope Nicholas V (1450–1455). He worked for King Alfonso V of Aragon (Alphonso the Magnanimous) (1456–1458) and subsequently for Cardinal Bessarion. He translated many works including Aristotle’s Problemata, De Partibus Animalium, and De Generatione Animalium and Theophrastus’ Historia Plantarum, works by noted Greek authors, and a Greek grammar (four books). He is regarded as one of the greatest classical scholars and humanists of the Renaissance.
Etymology of krebsiana:
From the German ‘krebsiana’ / ‘Krebs’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
Scientific name:
Gazania krebsiana Less.
Common names:
Rooigazania
Localities:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Syn. Gen. Compos. 44 (1832)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1832
Tufted acaulescent perennial to 20 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate or pinnatisect, white felted below, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, yellow to orange, inner bracts acute. Mainly Sept.--Jan. Roadsides, flats or lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (throughout southern Africa to Tanzania).
Observations of Taxon
Gazania krebsiana
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gazania krebsiana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Gazania krebsiana
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Gazania krebsiana subsp. serrulata
Name of observer:
Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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