Species Ipomoea dinteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Ipomoea dinteri.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Ipomoea:
Gk. ips, ipos = worm or bindweed; (h)omoios = similar to, resembling; therefore, worm-like, referring to the plant’s twining habit or possibly its coiled flower bud.
Etymology of dinteri:
Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.
Scientific name:
Ipomoea dinteri Schulze-Menz
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Long etymology:
Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here
Protologue:
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 457 (1941)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1941
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ipomoea dinteri.