Species Thesium transvaalense
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There aren’t any identifications of Thesium transvaalense.
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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 transvaalense:
From the former Transvaal Province of South Africa; now Gauteng Province. Trans meaning 'across', and vaal refers to the Vaal River, it being on the far side of the river from the Cape.
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Protologue:
J. Bot. 432 (1897)
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Year published:
1897
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Thesium transvaalense.