Species Aberia zeyheri

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There aren’t any identifications of Aberia zeyheri.

Range:

Location unknown

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Etymology of Aberia:

For Mount Aber in the Semien mountains in Ethiopia (previously Abyssinia); referring to the location of the type species.

Etymology of zeyheri:

Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.

Scientific name:

Aberia zeyheri Sond.

Synonym of:

Dovyalis zeyheri

Long etymology:

Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858.

Authors:

Sond.

Protologue:

Linnaea 23: 10 (1850)

Synonym status:

Homotypic synonym