Species Schwantesia pillansii
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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 pillansii:
Named after Capetonian botanist Neville Stuart Pillans (1884-1964). He joined the staff at Bolus herbarium in 1918 and worked there till his retirement. He had a penchance for succulents and did Monographs of the Restionaceae, Bruniaceae, Phylica, Agathosma and Metalasia. He also did some work on the genus Hermannia, but gave up two years before his death.
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Protologue:
Notes Mesembryanthemum Pt. 2, 86 (1929)
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Year published:
1929
Observations of Taxon
Schwantesia pillansii
Name of observer:
Gideon Smith et al. (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
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