Species Monsonia salmoniflora
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Monsonia:
For Lady Ann Monson (née Vane) (1714–1776), English naturalist and great-granddaughter of Charles II. In 1774, aged 60, she came to the Cape on her way to India. Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1728), who had arrived two years earlier to collect plant specimens and learn Dutch, took Lady Ann to a number of farms adjacent to Cape Town. She seemingly had more interest in the animal kingdom than the floral one. Lady Ann corresponded with Linnaeus, who seemed besotted with her, and he named the genus in her honour, writing: ‘Nature has never produced a woman who is your equal – you are a phoenix among women.’
Etymology of salmoniflora:
From the Latin salmoneus = "salmon-colour" and -florus = "flowered" referring to the salmon coloured flowers
Scientific name:
Unknown
Etymology applies to:
Common names:
Pink Candle Bush
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Spiny stem-succulent to 40 cm, branches less than 4 mm thick, olive-green to grey. Leaves elliptic, entire. Flowers to 30 mm diam., pink to orange, petals twice as long as wide, sepals with mucro <0.5 mm long. Mainly Oct.--Dec. Stony flats and slopes, often on quartz patches, NW, KM (Namibia to Swartruggens and Swartberg Mts).
Observations of Taxon
Monsonia salmoniflora
Name of observer:
Annelise Le Roux and Zelda Wahl (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection: