Species Conophytum pearsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Conophytum pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Conophytum:
Gk. konos = cone; phytum = plant; alluding to the inverted cone shape of the plant.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Conophytum pearsonii N.E. Br.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Protologue:
Gard. Chron. Ser. III. Ser. III. lxxv (1925)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1925
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Conophytum pearsonii.