Species Thesium burkei
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium burkei.
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Etymology of Thesium:
Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Etymology of burkei:
Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
Scientific name:
Thesium burkei A. W. Hill
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Protologue:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 24 (1915)
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Year published:
1915
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium burkei.
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