Species Ruschia pygmaea
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia pygmaea.
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 pygmaea:
From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’
Scientific name:
Ruschia pygmaea (Haw.) Schwantes
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Protologue:
Möller's Deutsche Gaertn.-Zeitung 43: 92 (1928)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1928
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia pygmaea.