Species Wachendorfia parviflora
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Etymology of Wachendorfia:
For Evert Jacob van Wachendorff (1702–1758), Dutch physician and botanist. He studied medicine in Leiden and Utrecht, becoming a doctor of medicine in 1724, and became municipal physician of Utrecht (1726–1758). During this period, he also became a lecturer in chemistry at Utrecht University (1726–1743), then professor of medicine, chemistry and botany (1743–1758). He also became a director of the Botanical Gardens of Utrecht. Among his publications was Horti Ultraiectini Index (1747) and Oratio Botanico-Medica de Plantis Immensitatis Intellectus Divini Testibus (1743). He was a good friend of Clifford and Linnaeus.
Etymology of parviflora:
From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Scientific name:
Wachendorfia parviflora W. F. Barker
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Rhizomatous geophyte, 10--30 cm. Leaves narrow, softly hairy. Flowers enantiostylous, in a dense, rounded panicle, dull yellow to browish purple, bracts green. Aug.--Sept. Sandstone and granitic soils, NW, SW, KM (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula and Robertson).
Observations of Taxon
Wachendorfia parviflora
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown