Species Mesembryanthemum hutchinsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Mesembryanthemum hutchinsonii.
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Etymology of Mesembryanthemum:
Gk. mesos = in the middle, between; embryon = fruit (embryo); anthemon = flower. The flowers need mid-day sunshine to open.
Etymology of hutchinsonii:
Named after horticulturist and botanist John Hutchinson (1884-1972) of Kew Gardens. He was Keeper of the African section and worked as an assistant in the Indian section of the herbarium. The genus Hutchinsonia is commemorates his many contributions to botany.
Scientific name:
Mesembryanthemum hutchinsonii (L. Bolus) N.E. Br.
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Long etymology:
He undertook two collecting expeditions in Southern Africa which he documented in A Botanist in Southern Africa (1946). On the first trip he travelled from Cape Town to Pretoria, a distance of over 11 000km and he collected 3000 species. In the second visit went from Irene (Pretoria) to Zimbabwe to Lake Tanganyika.
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Mesembryanthemum hutchinsonii.