Species Thesium caespitosum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium caespitosum.
Range:
Location unknown
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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 caespitosum:
From the Latin caespitis = 'grassy' or 'mound'; i.e. forming a low rounded mound
Scientific name:
Thesium caespitosum Robyns & Lawalrée
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bull. Jard. Bot. État 31: 512 (1961)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1961
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium caespitosum.