Species Gazania rigens
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There aren’t any identifications of Gazania rigens.
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.
Scientific name:
Gazania rigens (L.) Gaertn.
Common names:
Strandgazania
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 451 (1791)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1791
Sprawling, mat-forming perennial to 20 cm. Leaves mostly simple, oblanceolate, occ. pinnatisect, white-felted below, margins revolute, petioles smooth. Flower heads radiate, yellow, involucral bracts partly white-woolly, inner bracts acute. Mainly Oct.--Feb. Coastal dunes and sandy flats, SE (George to S Mozambique).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Gazania rigens.