Species Rimaria comptonii
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Rimaria comptonii.
Range:
Location unknown
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Etymology of Rimaria:
La. rima = cleft, crack; referring to the nature of the upper surface, which has a shrivelled appearance during winter as it nourishes new growth when the surface splits, revealing the new growth in spring.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Scientific name:
Rimaria comptonii L. Bolus
Synonym of:
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 369 (1932)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1932
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Rimaria comptonii.
Nodes
