Species Selago tysonii

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Location unknown

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Etymology of Selago:

Celtic. sel = sight; jach = salutary, beneficial; referring to its supposed medicinal properties, especially for diseases of the eyes. Another source suggests the derivation is Greek, selagh = flashing. (Allusion unknown.)

Etymology of tysonii:

For William Tyson (1851–1920), Jamaican-born South African botanist, plant collector, schoolteacher. He taught in various South African schools (1874–1887), joined the forestry department as secretary to the superintendent (1888–1892), and became librarian and sub-editor of the Agricultural Journal for the agricultural department (1893–1904).

Scientific name:

Selago tysonii Rolfe

Synonym of:

Selago trinervia

Long etymology:

He was a main contributor to the Herbarium Normale Austro-Africanum organised by Bolus and MacOwan. On his retirement, he disposed of his phanerogam herbarium to the Cape government, and his personal set of marine algae to the Bolus Herbarium. In 1919, he was contracted to collect 10 sets of phanerogams for the Botanical Society, but took ill on the first collecting expedition to Coffee Bay and died shortly thereafter. He was a Fellow of the Linnaean Society.

Authors:

Rolfe

Protologue:

Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5: 158 (1901)

Synonym status:

Heterotypic synonym

Year published:

1901