Species Elegia galpinii
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Etymology of Elegia:
Gk. elegeia, elegia = song of lamentation; possibly referring to the sound restios make while they are moving in the breeze.
Etymology of galpinii:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
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Observations of Taxon
Elegia galpinii
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown