Species Schwantesia australis
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There aren’t any identifications of Schwantesia australis.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Schwantesia:
For Martin Heinrich Gustav (Georg) Schwantes (1881–1960), German botanist and archaeologist. A teacher from 1903 to 1923, he studied ethnology, geology and botany at Hamburg University, graduating in 1923. He subsequently became curator of the Museum of Ethnology and Prehistory of Hamburg (1926), professor of history at the University of Hamburg (1928), director of the National Archaeological Museum of Kiel (1929), and professor of prehistory and early history in Kiel (1937). He wrote several books on the prehistory of northern Germany, a contribution on Aizoaceae for Parleys Blumengärtnerei (1957), and two botanical books, The Cultivation of the Aizoaceae (1953) and Flowering Stones and Mid-Day Flowers (1957).
Etymology of australis:
From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to Southern Cape, Southern Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.
Scientific name:
Schwantesia australis L. Bolus
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Protologue:
Notes Mesembryanthemum Pt. III. 63 (1937)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1937
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Schwantesia australis.