Species Walafrida dinteri
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There aren’t any identifications of Walafrida dinteri.
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Etymology of Walafrida:
For Walahfrid Strabo (or Walafrid Strabus) (c 809–849), German monk, poet, politician and theologian, educated at the monastery of the Reichenau on Lake Constance. He became an Abbott and tutored the future King Charles the Bald of the West Franks, moved in high circles, and met many of the leading intellectuals of his age. He wrote many theological works and visionary poems, also a book on gardening called Hortulus, full name Liber de Cultura Hortorum. This medieval work, possibly based on a treatise on agriculture, De re Rustica (Country Matters), by the 1st-century writer Lucius Junius Columella (c 4–70) examines various plants with reference to their mythological, medicinal or Christian value or implications.
Etymology of dinteri:
Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). Dinter collected many new species, covered an estimated 40,000 km on foot, by wagon and motor vehicle during the course of his collecting trips, which spanned 38 years. His collection of pressed specimens numbered in excess of 8400.
Scientific name:
Walafrida dinteri (Rolfe) Rolfe
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Dinter's biography can be seen at Wikipedia here
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Walafrida dinteri.