Species Massonia wittebergensis
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Massonia:
For Francis Masson (1741–1805), British gardener and plant collector for Kew Gardens. He was sent by Sir Joseph Banks to collect plants in South Africa and sailed with Captain James Cook to the Cape, where he stayed from 1772–1775. Two of his three expeditions were made jointly with Carl Peter Thunberg, who named this genus for him. From 1786–1795, he visited Madeira, the Canary Islands and Azores, West Indies, North America and North Africa. He collected more than 500 specimens including, now household names, the bird-of-paradise flower Strelitzia reginae and the arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica among others such as Gladioli, Lobelia, Geranium, Pelargonium, Protea and Mesembryanthemum. He authored Stapeliae Novae on new South African succulents he discovered (1796).
Etymology of wittebergensis:
From the Witteberg mountains of the northern Klein Karoo of South Africa
Scientific name:
Massonia wittebergensis U. Müll. -Doblies & D. Müll. -Doblies
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Synonym of:
Unknown
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Protologue:
Feddes Repert. 121: 128 (2010)
Synonym status:
Year published:
2010
Observations of Taxon
Massonia wittebergensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
17/01/2012 - 1:58pm
Collection:
Massonia wittebergensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2012 - 11:13am
Collection:
Massonia wittebergensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
22/11/2010 - 11:36am
Massonia wittebergensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
21/11/2010 - 12:51pm
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