Genus Huernia
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Short etymology:
For Justus Heurnius (1587–1652), Dutch missionary, doctor and an early collector at the Cape, South Africa. His drawings constituted the iconotypes for Stapelia, which is what the first taxa of Huernia was described as. He was the author of De Legatione Evangelica ad Indos capessenda admonitio (1618) and discovered Orbea variegate at the Cape in April 1624, while on his way to Batavia (present-day Jakarta) as a missionary. In 1639 he returned to the Netherlands, where he became a minister at Wijk bij Duurstede and helped to translate the Bible into Malay. The genus name Huernia was misspelled by Robert Brown, who published it in 1810.
Scientific name:
Huernia R. Br.
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NE
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Protologue:
Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 22 (1809)
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Year published:
1809
Observations of Taxon
Huernia thuretii
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Auriol Batten (David)
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Huernia pendula
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
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Huernia thuretii
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Name of observer:
Auriol Batten (David)
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Huernia
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Name of observer:
James Deacon (Mr.Drimia)
Date observed:
17/08/2009 - 5:05pm
Collection:
Huernia hystrix
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Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan (David)
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Date observed unknown