Species Argyroderma hutchinsonii
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Etymology of Argyroderma:
From the Greek arggros, silver; derma, skin, referring to the fat leaves.
Etymology of hutchinsonii:
Named after horticulturist and botanist John Hutchinson (1884-1972) of Kew Gardens. He was Keeper of the African section and worked as an assistant in the Indian section of the herbarium. The genus Hutchinsonia is commemorates his many contributions to botany.
Scientific name:
Argyroderma hutchinsonii L. Bolus
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Long etymology:
He undertook two collecting expeditions in Southern Africa which he documented in A Botanist in Southern Africa (1946). On the first trip he travelled from Cape Town to Pretoria, a distance of over 11 000km and he collected 3000 species. In the second visit went from Irene (Pretoria) to Zimbabwe to Lake Tanganyika.
Protologue:
Notes Mesembryanthemum Pt. 2, 85 (1929)
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Year published:
1929
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There aren’t any identifications of Argyroderma hutchinsonii.
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