Species Tarchonanthus litakunensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Tarchonanthus litakunensis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Tarchonanthus:
Gk. tarchos = funeral rite; anthos = flower; presumably from the camphorous odour of the leaves (Jackson) as used in incense sticks in places of worship.
Etymology of litakunensis:
This is named after Litakun, a place east of Kuruman in the Northern Cape of South Africa, now known as Dithakong.
Scientific name:
Tarchonanthus litakunensis DC.
Etymology applies to:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
At the time of the 1801 Truter-Somerville Expedition Dithakong was an important BaTlhaping (BaTswana) capital under Kgosi ('Chief') Molehebangwe. Significant accounts of this first expedition were left by, amongst others, William Somerville and John Barrow, with well-known watercolour illustrations by Samuel Daniell. Kgosi Mothibi, son of Molehebangwe, had succeeded as leader of the BaTlhaping by the time that William Burchell visited there in 1811.
Synonym status:
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Tarchonanthus litakunensis.