Species Leucadendron galpinii
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Leucadendron:
Gk. leukos = white; dendron = tree; referring to commonly called ‘witteboom’ or ‘silver tree’.
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.
Scientific name:
Unknown
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Fl. Cap. (Harvey) 5: I. 535. angl (1912)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1912
Observations of Taxon
Leucadendron galpinii
Name of observer:
Yvette van Wijk (Yvette)
Date observed:
23/01/2008 - 5:42am
Collection: