Species Passerina galpinii
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Passerina:
Believed to be from the Latin passer, a sparrow; -ina, relating to; referring to the black seeds resembling a sparrow?s beak.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5: II. 10. angl (1915)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1915
Observations of Taxon
Passerina galpinii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Passerina galpinii
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
05/12/2010 - 9:30pm
Collection:
Passerina
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
13/08/2016 - 1:47pm
Collection: