Species Lachenalia gillettii
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There aren’t any identifications of Lachenalia gillettii.
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Etymology of Lachenalia:
For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Etymology of gillettii:
Named after Jan Bevington Gillett (1911-1995), a prolific collector around Africa. After serving in the war he joined John Hutchinson on a collecting tour in South Africa. In 1932 he collected plants in Ethiopia. He became the Principal Scientific Officer at Kew on the flora of Tropical East Africa and from 1959 became the botanist in charge of the herbarium in East Africa. He had a particular interest in Commiphoras and the flora of Somalia.
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Protologue:
Fl. Pl. South Africa 13: xiii. t. 506 (1933)
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Year published:
1933
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Lachenalia gillettii.
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