Species Searsia zeyheri
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There aren’t any identifications of Searsia zeyheri.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Searsia:
For Paul Bigelow Sears (1891–1990), US plant ecologist, professor of botany at Oberlin College (1938–1950), chair of the conservation programme and Yale University (1950–1960), and author of many books, including Deserts on the March (1935), his most popular book explaining ecological principles to the general public. During the 1920s and 1930s, he pioneered ‘palynology’, the study of fossil pollen as a cue to past vegetation and climate. He was president of the Ecological Society of America (1948), the American Association of Science (1956), and the American Society of Naturalists (1959), among others, and named an eminent ecologist by the Ecological Society of America (1965).
Etymology of zeyheri:
Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
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Unknown
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Long etymology:
Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858.
Protologue:
Bothalia 37[2]: 173 (2007)
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Year published:
2007
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Searsia zeyheri.