Biology:Serruria nivenii

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Short description: Species of shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa

Serruria nivenii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Serruria
Species:
S. nivenii
Binomial name
Serruria nivenii
Salisb. ex Knight

Serruria nivenii is a shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria.

Sightings of this poorly known, and rather uncommon species have only recently been found in the Groenlandberg near Elgin, the Swartberg at Caledon, and the uppermost parts of the Kleinrivier Mountains at Hermanus.[1]

Name

The plant is named after the Scottish botanist James Niven.[2]

It was also previously known by the names Serruria plumosa[3] and Serruria scariosa.[4]

References

  1. Nelson, E. C., & Rourke, J. P. (1993). James Niven (1776-1827), a Scottish Botanical Collector at the Cape of Good Hope. His Hortus siccus at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin (DBN), and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K). Kew Bulletin, 48(4), 663. doi:10.2307/4118846
  2. "S2A3 Biographical Database of Southern African Science". http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=2037. 
  3. "Serruria plumosa Meisn". https://www.gbif.org/species/3997333. 
  4. "Serruria scariosa R.Br.". https://www.gbif.org/species/3997245. 

Wikidata ☰ Q94222135 entry