Species Ruschia watermeyeri
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia watermeyeri.
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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.
Etymology of watermeyeri:
Possibly named after Egidius Benedictus Watermeyer (1824-1867), a judge and founding member of the Cape Legislative Assembly. A number of pictures of succulents housed at the Bolus Herbarium are are drawn by an E.B. Watermeyer. However these are mainly species described by Louisa Bolus and therefore there may have been a later EB Watermeyer who this name refers to.
Scientific name:
Ruschia watermeyeri L. Bolus
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Protologue:
Notes Mesembryanthemum Pt. 1, 146 (1928)
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Year published:
1928
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Ruschia watermeyeri.
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