Species Tulbaghia cameronii
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There aren’t any identifications of Tulbaghia cameronii.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Tulbaghia:
For Ryk Tulbagh (Rijk Tulbagh) (1699–1771), Dutch governor of the Cape Colony from 1751 to 1771. When only 16, he emigrated to the Cape as a Dutch East India Company employee on a five-year contract to be used as needed. The governor, Maurice Pasques Chavonnes, recognised the young man’s ability and gave him an administrative post as assistant clerk of the secretary of the political council, the start of a career that ended in his being made governor of the Cape. He was a responsible governor who, inter alia, codified the slave laws of the country with set rules for slave management. He corresponded with Linnaeus in 1763 and sent him seeds, and several birds. The town of Tulbagh is named after him.
Etymology of cameronii:
Named in honour of Cameron McMaster, botanist and bulb expert in the Cape. He contributed greatly
Scientific name:
Tulbaghia cameronii Baker
Etymology applies to:
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Cameron McMaster (1937- 2018) grew up on a farm close to Cathcart, South Africa where he developed a passion for sheep, birds, butterflies, and flowers. For most of his adult life he was involved in introducing Dohne Merino sheep and consulted with farmers in many countries. With his wife Rhoda McMaster he started The Croft Wild Bulb Nursery in Stutterheim in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. In May 2003 they moved to the village of Napier (Western Cape, south of Caledon near Bredasdorp) where they had a new nursery called African Bulbs. After moving Cameron led many botanical tours of both the Eastern Cape in summer and the Western Cape in late winter, early spring. Participants on these trips remember the wonderful places he took them and his enthusiasm for all he showed them. Besides writing articles for farming journals, he also wrote articles about bulbs, discovered new species of bulbs, and gave talks. He spearheaded protection of a section of renosterveld near Napier. He and Rhoda were active members of the Indigenous Bulb Association of South Africa (IBSA). Cameron was a generous contributor of his photos. At the time of his death his photos were on more than 300 pages of this wiki. He contributed most of his pictures to CASABIO.org which were integrated before his death in 2017.
Protologue:
J. Bot., 16: 321 (1878)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1878
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Tulbaghia cameronii.
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