Species Strelitzia reginae
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Strelitzia:
For Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1744–1818), who married King George III of England in 1761 after being selected unseen from a list of German princesses. Remarkably, the marriage was a success and King George was devoted to her. She cared for her husband during his long slide into insanity, though terrified by his occasional outbursts of violence. She was a patroness of the arts and an amateur botanist who helped expand the Kew Gardens. She predeceased him and was buried in 1818, in St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Strelitzia reginae arrived in England in 1773 being grown at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew. It was so named to commemorate Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Scientific name:
Strelitzia reginae Banks
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Protologue:
Strelitzia reginae [plate] (1788); Hortus Kew. 1: 285, t. 2 (1789); Nov. Gen. Pl. [Thunberg] 7: 113 (1792)
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Year published:
1789
Evergreen perennial to 1.5 m. Leaves long-petiolate with large, ovate blades. Flowers orange with blue styles. Jan.--May. Riverbanks, in coastal bush and thicket, SE (Humansdorp to Transkei).
Observations of Taxon
Strelitzia reginae
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
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Strelitzia reginae
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Strelitzia reginae
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
31/08/2008 - 11:19am
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Strelitzia reginae
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
31/08/2008 - 11:19am
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