Species Raphionacme dinteri

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There aren’t any identifications of Raphionacme dinteri.

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Etymology of Raphionacme:

Gk. rhaphys = needle or beetroot; akme = sharpness; referring either to the leaves on short stalks that end in a sharp point, or to the bitter taste of the tuberous roots.

Etymology of dinteri:

Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.

Scientific name:

Raphionacme dinteri Schltr. ex Schinz

Synonym of:

Raphionacme velutina

Long etymology:

Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here

Authors:

Schltr. ex Schinz

Protologue:

Vierteljahrsschr. Naturf. Ges. Zürich 55: 245 (1910)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym