Re: Tritoma/Kniphofia?
- Subject: Re: Tritoma/Kniphofia?
- From: C*@cs.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 03:32:23 EST
In a message dated 1/30/2002 12:05:20 AM Mountain Standard Time,
nsterman@plantsoup.com writes:
> Today, I came across someone who used the name Tritoma for what I
> know as Kniphofia. Can anyone tell me whether they are the same
> thing?
>
>
Kniphof, J.H. (1704-1763)
German doctor and botanist after whom the southern African genus Kniphofia is
named.
I believe he discovered tritoma in South Africa. The most common form
appears to be Kniphofia uvaria, "red hot poker".
Clark Weston
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