Species Babiana hirsuta
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Range:
Location unknown
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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 hirsuta:
From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Scientific name:
Babiana hirsuta (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C. Manning
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Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Bothalia 38(1): 53 (2008)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2008
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Babiana hirsuta.