Species Ruppia spiralis
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Etymology of Ruppia:
For Heinrich Bernhard Rupp (Ruppius, Ruppee) (1688–1719), German physician and botanist. He studied medicine at the Universities of Giessen (1704), Jena (1711), Leiden (1712), and again in Jena (1713). Rupp wrote Flora Jenensis (1718), describing the flora around Jena and a large part of Thuringia (one of the federal states of Germany), with a second edition being published after his death (1726). A further expanded edition was completed in 1745 by Albrecht von Haller (1708–1777).
Etymology of spiralis:
From the Latin ‘spiralis’ / ‘spiralis’ meaning ‘spiral’
Scientific name:
Ruppia spiralis L. ex Dumort.
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Protologue:
Fl. Belg. (Dumortier) 164 (1827)
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Year published:
1827
Similar to R. maritima but flowers on long, spirally coiled peduncles. Mostly Dec.--Feb. Brackish coastal pools, NW, SW, AP, SE (Namaqualand to Port Elizabeth, cosmopolitan).
Observations of Taxon
Ruppia spiralis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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Ruppia spiralis
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 4:02pm
Collection:
Ruppia spiralis
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Guthrie Herbarium (David)
Date observed:
05/12/2016 - 6:02pm
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