Species Helictotrichon galpinii
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There aren’t any identifications of Helictotrichon galpinii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Helictotrichon:
Gk. heliktos- = spirally twisted; trichoma- = growth of hair, from thrix = hair; referring to the column of the lemma awn.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Bothalia 3: 192 (1937); Bothalia 3: 192 (1937)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1937
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Helictotrichon galpinii.