Species Salix mucronata
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Etymology of Salix:
La. salia = willow, implying to spring or leap. Willow branches are highly flexible and, when bent and released, spring forward.
Etymology of mucronata:
From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Scientific name:
Salix mucronata Thunb.
Common names:
Cape Willow
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 6 (1794)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1794
Monoecious shrub or small tree to 12 m, with rough scaly bark, the branches occ. drooping. Leaves lanceolate, silvery hairy, finely toothed, paler beneath. Flowers in spikes on axillary shoots, seeds woolly. Sept.--Oct. Along rivers and streams, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (throughout southern Africa).
Observations of Taxon
Salix mucronata subsp. mucronata
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Salix mucronata subsp. woodii
Name of observer:
Richard Boon (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Salix mucronata
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Salix mucronata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Salix mucronata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mannheimer, Maggs-Kölling, Kolberg or Rügheimer (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown