Species Stapelia rogersii
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There aren’t any identifications of Stapelia rogersii.
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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 rogersii:
Named after Rev. William Moyle Rogers (1835-1920), clergyman and specialist on Rubus. He was brought to the Cape by Bishop Gray in 1860 and appointed vice-principal of Bishop's College (Bishops) in Cape Town. His holy orders stationed him at Riversdale from January - June 1860, at George from June 1860 - September 1862 and then briefly at Caledon from October 1862. His whole cape collection is stored at the British Museum.
Scientific name:
Stapelia rogersii L. Bolus
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Protologue:
Ann. Bolus Herb. 1: 194 (1915)
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Year published:
1915
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Stapelia rogersii.