Species Babiana dregei
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Etymology of Babiana:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
Etymology of dregei:
Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
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Observations of Taxon
Babiana dregei
Name of observer:
Manning & Goldblatt (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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Babiana dregei
Name of observer:
Annelise Le Roux and Zelda Wahl (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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Babiana dregei
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
22/08/2011 - 5:55pm
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Babiana dregei
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
05/09/2012 - 3:59pm
Collection:
Babiana dregei
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
03/09/2013 - 1:57pm