Species Riocreuxia burchellii
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Riocreuxia:
Alfred Riocreux (1820–1912), French artist and botanical illustrator. He was trained by his artist father, and showed precocious talent. His drawing and paintings as a 13-year-old were so good that the State Porcelain Factory at Sevres, where his father worked, considered conserving them. The botanist Adolphe Théodore Brongniart (1801–1876) saw his sketches and was probably responsible for bringing him to the Paris Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle. TG Hill, author of The Essentials of Illustration (London, 1915), has described Riocreux’s work on seaweeds for a work by Gustave Thuret as ‘the finest plates ever published in a botanical work’, while the distinguished Dutch botanist FA Stafleu, writing in 1966, commented: ‘Riocreux was one of the great botanical artists of all time’.
Etymology of burchellii:
Commemorating William John Burchell (1781-1863), a 19th-century English explorer, British naturalist, traveller, artist and author. He discovered and documented many species during his travels through Southern Africa. He landed in Cape Town in 1810 and undertook many smaller trips. From 1811-1815 he covered over 7000km. He returned to England with over 50 000 plant specimens and published two volumes entitled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa in 1822 and 1824.
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Protologue:
Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(2): 273 (1895)
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Year published:
1895
Observations of Taxon
Riocreuxia
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
28/01/2004 - 6:05am
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