Species Watsonia zeyheri
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Etymology of Watsonia:
For William Watson (1715–1787), English physician, apothecary, botanist and naturalist. He introduced the work of Linnaeus and his botanical classification system to Britain. He was the first scientist to observe the flash of light from the discharge of a Leyden jar and to show that electricity could pass through a vacuum and that it had a positive and negative charge; he coined the word ‘circuit’. His articles, entitled Experiments on the Nature of Electricity, appeared from 1745 onward in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, of which he became a member (1741) and vice president (1772). Both he and Benjamin Franklin discovered some of the same characteristics of electricity at the same time, but independently. The two men became friends.
Etymology of zeyheri:
Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
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Long etymology:
Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858.
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Observations of Taxon
Watsonia zeyheri
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Name of observer:
Maarten Groos (David)
Date observed:
26/10/2006 - 2:29pm
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Watsonia zeyheri
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Name of observer:
Maarten Groos (David)
Date observed:
26/10/2006 - 2:27pm
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Watsonia zeyheri
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/12/2008 - 4:46pm
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