Species Mesembryanthemum comptonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Mesembryanthemum comptonii.
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Etymology of Mesembryanthemum:
Gk. mesos = in the middle, between; embryon = fruit (embryo); anthemon = flower. The flowers need mid-day sunshine to open.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Scientific name:
Mesembryanthemum comptonii L. Bolus
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Protologue:
Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 162 (1920) [1924]; Ann. Bolus Herb. 3: 162 (1924)
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Year published:
1920
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Mesembryanthemum comptonii.