Species Hessea tenella
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Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Hessea:
For Christian Henrich Friedrich Hesse (1772– 1837), German Lutheran minister, scholar and naturalist who came to Cape Town in 1800 before returning to Germany in 1817. Hesse extended his hospitality to many naturalists visiting the Cape such as Martin Heinrich Karl Lichtenstein, William John Burchell, Dugald Carmichael, Carl Bergius and others and was friends with Peter Heinrich Poleman and an apothecary and active collector of plants who was a partner in the firm Pallas & Poleman, which sent consignments of seeds, bulbs and plants back to Europe. The website Amaryllidaceae.org says Hessea was named after Paul Hesse (1837), but no supportive evidence for this could be found.
Etymology of tenella:
From the Latin tenellus meaning ‘somewhat tender’
Scientific name:
Hessea tenella (L. f.) Oberm.
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Protologue:
Fl. Pl. Africa 36: t. 1413 (1963)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1963
Observations of Taxon
Hessea tenella
Name of observer:
Various (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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