Species Thesium carinatum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium carinatum.
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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 carinatum:
From the Latin carina = 'keel' in reference to the midvvein like a keel on the leaf blade.
Scientific name:
Thesium carinatum A. DC.
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Protologue:
Esp. Nouv. Thes. 7 (1857)
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Year published:
1857
Like T. capitatum but flowers with short style or stigma sessile. Jan.--Dec. Sandstone slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Pakhuis to Great Winterhoek Mts).
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium carinatum.
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