Species Ornithogalum dregeanum
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Ornithogalum:
Gk. ornithos = bird; gala = milk, presumably referring to the colostrum-like, high fat secretions produced by the Colombidae (‘pigeon’s milk’) and stored in the crop for feeding the young. Maybe this somewhat resembles the gooey sap that exudes from the cut stems. Some authors suggest that the name merely refers to the milky whiteness of some flowers, while ‘bird’s milk’ to the ancient Greeks was a colloquial expression for something wonderful.
Etymology of dregeanum:
Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Enum. Pl. (Kunth) 4: 351 (1843)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1843
Observations of Taxon
Ornithogalum dregeanum
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 9:11am
Collection:
Ornithogalum dregeanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Ross Turner (David)
Date observed:
14/02/2006 - 12:51pm
Collection: