Species Lachenalia unifolia
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Lachenalia:
For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Etymology of unifolia:
Means having a single leaf
Scientific name:
Lachenalia unifolia Jacq.
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Protologue:
Pl. Rar. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 43, t. 83 (1797)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1797
Bulbous geophyte, 10--35 cm. Leaf solitary, linear, banded with green and maroon. Flowers variable, on short or long pedicels, oblong-campanulate, blue, pink or pale yellow, with white tips, anthers included. Aug.--Oct. Sandy granitic of sandstone soils, NW, SW, AP (Namaqualand to Bredasdorp).
Observations of Taxon
Lachenalia unifolia
Name of observer:
Hilda Mason (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Lachenalia unifolia var. wrightii
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/12/2016 - 9:14am
Collection:
Lachenalia unifolia
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Lachenalia unifolia
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Lachenalia unifolia
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown