Species Haworthia pearsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Haworthia pearsonii.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Haworthia:
For Adrian Hardy Haworth (1768–1833), English botanist, entomologist, carcinologist and an authority on succulents and lepidoptera. He did pioneering work in North America, Canada and Mexico focusing on cacti, and published Synopsis Plantarum Succulentarum (1819) with subsequent supplements. In England he collected and studied butterflies, publishing Lepidoptera Britannica (1803–1828). During his life he amassed a collection of over 40 000 insects. He was a Fellow of the Linnaean and Royal Horticultural societies and a friend of Sir Joseph Banks. In 1833 he lent support to the founding of what was to become the Royal Entomological Society of London.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Haworthia pearsonii C.H. Wright
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.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Haworthia pearsonii.