Species Neodregea glassii
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Etymology of Neodregea:
La. neo- = new. For Isaac Louis Drège (1853–1921), an apothecary and plant collector like his father, Carl Friedrich Drège (1791–1867), who collected plants in the Albany, Uitenhage and Port Elizabeth areas. The original monotype discovered by James Glass in (1896) was in poor condition, and the immature fruiting material sent to Kew Gardens resulted in some errors in the original generic description. In 1909, Isaac Louis wrote about finding a number of plants in flowering condition ‘in damp ground at Cradock Place’ and ‘at Baakens River’ both near Port Elizabeth. Selmar Schönland of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown sent these to Kew Gardens, hence the new species Neodregea glassii came into being. Drège published ‘A Preliminary List of Flowering Plants, Ferns and Fern Allies in the Port Elizabeth District’ in the South African Journal of Science (1913).
Etymology of glassii:
Named for James Glass who provided specimens to C.H. Wright of Kew Gardens.
Scientific name:
Neodregea glassii C.H. Wright
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Cormous geophyte to 4 cm. Leaves 3, lanceolate, the uppermost small and subtending the lowest flower. Flowers minute, sessile in short spikes, tepals attenuate, yellow, styles free, hooked. May--June. Mainly clay slopes in renosterveld, SW, LB, SE (Somerset West to E Cape).
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