Species Cheiridopsis hutchinsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Cheiridopsis hutchinsonii.
Range:
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Etymology of Cheiridopsis:
Gk. kheiris = a sleeve, -opsis = resembling; referring to the old, dry leaves which form a protective sheath around new emerging green 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:
Cheiridopsis 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, 117 (1929)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1929
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Cheiridopsis hutchinsonii.