Species Ruschia obtusifolia
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There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia obtusifolia.
Range:
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.
Etymology of obtusifolia:
From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt' and folia = 'leaf'
Scientific name:
Ruschia obtusifolia L. Bolus
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Protologue:
J. S. African Bot. xxviii. 298 (1962); J. S. African Bot. 28: 291-303 (1962)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1962
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia obtusifolia.