Species Fockea lugardii
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Etymology of Fockea:
For Gustav Waldemar (Woldemar) Focke (1810–1877), German physician, plant physiologist and amateur microscopist. He studied at the University of Heidelberg, obtaining a PhD in 1833 and did post-doctoral studies under Stephan Ladislaus Finite (1804–1829), professor and director of the botanical garden at the University of Vienna, and under professor Christian Gottfried Erenberg (1795–1876) at the University of Berlin; the founder of the science of micropaleontology and microbiology, and also spent some time at the University of Halle. Despite all his training he did not publish many papers concerning his research, although he delivered a lot of lectures. He was highly involved in scientific societies and a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina among others. His major works were De respiratione vegetabilium (1833) and Physiologische Studien (1847).
Etymology of lugardii:
Named after Maj. Edward James Lugard (1865-1944) or his brother Maj. Fredrick John Dealtry Lugard (1858-1945) who led an expedition across the Kalahari Desert to Lake Ngami in1896. In 1897-1899 James visited the same area collecting 374 species of which 92 were described as new.
Scientific name:
Fockea lugardii N.E. Br.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Fockea lugardii.