Species Phragmites mauritianus
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Etymology of Phragmites:
Gk. phragmites = growing in hedges, from phragma = a fence, hedge, from phrassein = to enclose. Dioscorides alluded to this name, mentioning that the tall stems were used for making hedges.
Etymology of mauritianus:
From the Latin Mauritanica / Mauritania the country in northwest Africa which is now Algeria and Morocco, and from where the 'moors' came from
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Unknown
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Protologue:
Révis. Gramin. 2: 227, t. 50 (1830)
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Year published:
1830
Observations of Taxon
Phragmites mauritianus
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Name of observer:
CE van Ginkel or CJ Cilliers (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
