Species Kniphofia praecox
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Etymology of Kniphofia:
For Johann(es) Hieronymus Kniphof (1704–1763), German physician, lecturer, professor of medicine at the University of Erfurt (1737), becoming dean of the medical faculty (1747) and rector from 1661 until his death. Author of a folio of natureprinted illustrations of plants in 1733, followed by a significantly expanded second edition in 1747 and third edition in 1757–1759 containing 1 200 botanical images that were produced by a somewhat unique process, whereby dried plant specimens were coated with printer’s ink and pressed on paper, resulting in a silhouette effect. His book Botanica in Originali Seu Herbarium Vivum (1757–1764) was the first significant work to follow Linnaeus’s nomenclature.
Etymology of praecox:
From the Latin praecox = precocious; typically referring to early flowering though it can also mean showy
Scientific name:
Kniphofia praecox Baker
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Protologue:
Refug. Bot. t. 169
Synonym status:
Rhizomatous perennial, 1.5--2 m, forming clumps. Leaves strap-shaped, margins finely serrate. Flowers in cylindrical racemes, reddish, opening yellow to yellow-green. Nov.--Jan. Streambanks and wet hollows, SE (George to Komga).
Observations of Taxon
Kniphofia praecox
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/02/2009 - 4:36pm
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Kniphofia praecox
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/02/2009 - 4:38pm
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