Species Tedingea transkarooica
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There aren’t any identifications of Tedingea transkarooica.
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Etymology of Tedingea:
For Edward ‘Ted’ George Hudson Oliver (1938– ), South African botanist and world authority on the subfamily Ericoideae, author of some 110 papers and books, and his wife Inge Oliver (born Nitzsche) (1947–2003), South African botanist and botanical artist. Oliver obtained an MSc and PhD from the University of Cape Town and during his career was curator of the government herbarium in Stellenbosch (1964–1966, 1984–1996), South African liaison botanist at Kew Gardens (1967–1969) and research taxonomist in Stellenbosch (1970–1975, 1982–1983) and at the Compton Herbarium, Kirstenbosch. Together, the couple wrote the Field Guide to the Ericas of the Cape Peninsula (2010).
Etymology of transkarooica:
From the Latin word trans = 'across' and Khoisan/Khoekhoe word garo /karo / !garo-b = 'desert' or 'hard'; referring to the inland semi-desert Karoo region of South Africa
Scientific name:
Tedingea transkarooica D. Müll. -Doblies & U. Müll. -Doblies
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Protologue:
Feddes Repert. 105(5-6): 338 (1994)
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Year published:
1994
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Tedingea transkarooica.
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