Species Pterothrix engleriana
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There aren’t any identifications of Pterothrix engleriana.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Pterothrix:
Gk. pteron = wing; thrix = hair. The pappus bristles are plumose (feathery, with fine hairs or bristles).
Etymology of engleriana:
After Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (1844-1930), botanist from Berlin. He instigated and contributed to multiple prodigious botanical flora of both the world and Brazil. He visited SA three times and Namibia once. He developed the most famous 'Engler' system of botanical arrangement by which many herbaria were arranged.
Scientific name:
Pterothrix engleriana (Muschl.) Hutch. & E. Phillips
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Protologue:
Ann. S. African Mus. 16[1]: 277 (1917)
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Year published:
1917
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Pterothrix engleriana.