Species Stapelia pillansii
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There aren’t any identifications of Stapelia pillansii.
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Etymology of Stapelia:
For Johannes Bodaeus van Stapel (1602–1636), Dutch physician and botanist. He received a medical degree in 1625 from Leiden University and studied botany under Adolphus Vorstius. His life’s ambition was to publish an annotated edition of the botanical works of Theophrastus (370–287 BCE), but he died before the book was finished. The content was edited and published by his father as Theophrasti Eresii de Historia Plantarum in 1644. One of the plants in the book, drawn by Justus Heurnius (1587–1653) from his brief stay at the Cape in 1624, was Fritillaria crassa (Stapelia variegata), now known as Orbea variegata. The genus was named Stapelia in 1753 by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum.
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.
Scientific name:
Stapelia pillansii N.E. Br.
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Protologue:
Gard. Chron., ser. 3 1: 242 (1904)
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Year published:
1904
Like S. hirsuta but flowers 120--200 mm diam., uniformly dark purple or yellow, lobes ciliate, attenuated into long, slender, often twisted tails. Dec.--Apr. Stony lower slopes in karroid scrub, KM (S Karoo to Ladismith).
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There aren’t any identifications of Stapelia pillansii.
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