Species Massonia echinata
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Etymology of Massonia:
For Francis Masson (1741–1805), British gardener and plant collector for Kew Gardens. He was sent by Sir Joseph Banks to collect plants in South Africa and sailed with Captain James Cook to the Cape, where he stayed from 1772–1775. Two of his three expeditions were made jointly with Carl Peter Thunberg, who named this genus for him. From 1786–1795, he visited Madeira, the Canary Islands and Azores, West Indies, North America and North Africa. He collected more than 500 specimens including, now household names, the bird-of-paradise flower Strelitzia reginae and the arum lily Zantedeschia aethiopica among others such as Gladioli, Lobelia, Geranium, Pelargonium, Protea and Mesembryanthemum. He authored Stapeliae Novae on new South African succulents he discovered (1796).
Etymology of echinata:
From ther Latin 'echinatus' meaing prickly
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Protologue:
Suppl. Pl. 193 (1782)
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Year published:
1782
Observations of Taxon
Massonia echinata
Name of observer:
Pauline Bohnen (David)
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Massonia echinata
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Elsa Pooley (David)
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Massonia echinata
Name of observer:
Elsa Pooley (David)
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Massonia echinata
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Name of observer:
Barbara Jeppe (David)
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Massonia echinata
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
07/06/2010 - 1:36pm
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