Species Thesium schlechteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium schlechteri.
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 schlechteri:
Named in honour of the German Rudolf Schlecter (1872-1925) and his brother Max (1874-1960), renowned plant collectors from South Africa.
Scientific name:
Thesium schlechteri A. W. Hill
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Long etymology:
Rudolf made more than 12 000 collections. His brother Max settled in Port Nolloth where he earned his living collecting and trading
Protologue:
Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 6: I. 415 (1913)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1913
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium schlechteri.