Species Brunsvigia comptonii
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Etymology of Brunsvigia:
For Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (1713–1780), also known as Charles I or Karl I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, able military commander, ruler of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1773, patron of the arts and sciences who promoted the study of plants, including the beautiful Cape species B. orientalis. He also founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education, which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. The name Brunswick is the Latin translation of Braunschweig, a town in Germany that was a sovereign duchy of northern Germany between the 1st and 19th centuries.
Etymology of comptonii:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
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Protologue:
J. S. African Bot. 14: 29 (1948)
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Year published:
1948
Observations of Taxon
Brunsvigia comptonii
Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe & Leigh Voigt (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown