Species Thesium schimperianum
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium schimperianum.
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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 schimperianum:
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.
Scientific name:
Thesium schimperianum Hochst. ex A. Rich.
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Unknown
Protologue:
Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 235 (1850)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1850
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium schimperianum.
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