Species Piriqueta capensis
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Piriqueta:
La. pirus = pear, hence piriform (pyriform); queta = views. Not explained by the author Jean Baptiste Aublet.
Etymology of capensis:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
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Observations of Taxon
Piriqueta capensis
Name of observer:
Sasa Malan (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Collection:
Piriqueta capensis
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown