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STAAVIA
Starheath (
Wf
)
Family:
BRUNIACEAE
For Martin Staaf, (1731 - 1788)**
(
Ch
)
Staavia brownii
Location: (
K
)
For (1) Robert Brown (1773-1858).** or (2) Nicholas Edward Brown (1849-1934),**
(
Ch
)
Staavia capitella
(
La
)
Location: (
P
)
caput, = of things; the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity;
-ulus, -ellus, = diminutive.
capitellum, = a small head.
(
ld
,
BL
)
Staavia radiata
(
La
)
Common Starheath (
Wf
) Altydbossie (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
radio, = to furnish with spokes;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
radiatus, = furnished with rays, irradiated, shining.
(radiate, bearing rays or ray-florets, having corollas of outer florets ligulate)
(
ld
,
BL
)