Species Aerva pechuelii
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There aren’t any identifications of Aerva pechuelii.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Aerva:
This is the Latinised form of an Arabic name – the genus was first described in F Aegypt Arab.
Etymology of pechuelii:
For Moritz Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840–1913), German naturalist, geographer and traveller. He collected plants in the Cape, Hereroland and the Congo (Loango expedition 1873–1876), became Henry Morton Stanley’s agent (1882–1883), visiting the Congo again and German South-West Africa (now Namibia) (1884–1885).
Scientific name:
Aerva pechuelii Kuntze
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Long etymology:
After finishing school, he joined the merchant navy and travelled extensively for many years in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans as well as visiting both poles. He then studied geography and natural history at Leipzig University, obtaining his PhD in 1872. In 1886 he became a lecturer at Leipzig before becoming professor of geography in Jena and Erlangen (1895–1912) and publisher of the third edition of Brehm’s Animal Life (1890–1893).
Protologue:
Jahrb. bot. Gart. Berl. iv: 272. (1889)
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Year published:
1889
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Aerva pechuelii.
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