Species Thamnochortus comptonii
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Etymology of Thamnochortus:
Gk. thamnos = a shrub; khortus = green herbage; referring to the overall colour of this plant. Peter Jonas Bergius states ‘Khortus = a grass, alluding to the hard shrubby habit and natural affinity of the plant’ (Cyclopaedia Abraham Rees, 1819).
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Scientific name:
Thamnochortus comptonii Pillans
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