Species Sarcostemma pearsonii
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There aren’t any identifications of Sarcostemma pearsonii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Sarcostemma:
Gk. sarx, sarkos (sarco) = flesh, fleshy; stemma = a wreath; alluding to the fleshy inner corona lobes of the flower and not from the twining, fleshy stems.
Etymology of pearsonii:
Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Scientific name:
Unknown
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Long etymology:
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West Africa). His biography is available on Wikipedia.
Protologue:
Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1913 301 (1913)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1913
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Sarcostemma pearsonii.