Species Ruschia cradockensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia cradockensis.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Ruschia:
For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), Namibian farmer, businessman and plant collector. He came to South-West Africa (Namibia) in 1890, where he grew succulent plants and later established a nursery at Lichtenstein, near Windhoek, Namibia. He and his son Ernst Franz Rusch Jnr (1897–1964) made many collecting trips together. He was one of the founders of Windhoek, and was given freedom of the city on his 60th birthday.
Scientific name:
Ruschia cradockensis (Kuntze) H. E. K. Hartmann & Stüber
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Synonym status:
Erect shrublet to 30 cm, with dominant long shoots. Leaves to 10 mm long. Flowers few per dichasia, 7--14 mm diam. Fruits mostly on short shoots, occ. in terminal spiny dichasia, valve wings absent. July--Aug. Stony flats in karrod bush, NW (Namaqualand to Ceres to Cradock).
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There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia cradockensis.
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