Species Othonna zeyheri
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There aren’t any identifications of Othonna zeyheri.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Othonna:
Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Etymology of zeyheri:
Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
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Unknown
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Long etymology:
Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858.
Protologue:
Fl. Cap. 3: 339 (1865)
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Year published:
1865
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Othonna zeyheri.