Species Thesium strictum
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Etymology of Thesium:
Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Etymology of strictum:
From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted'
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Protologue:
Descr. Pl. Cap. 73 (1767)
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Year published:
1767
Observations of Taxon
Thesium strictum
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Thesium strictum
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Date observed unknown
Thesium strictum
Name of observer:
Riaan de Villiers (David)
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Thesium strictum
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
03/09/2013 - 1:48pm
Thesium strictum
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
31/08/2016 - 2:09pm
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