Serruria nivenii

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

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

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. http://www.s2a3.org.za/bio/Biograph_final.php?serial=2037
  3. https://www.gbif.org/species/3997333
  4. https://www.gbif.org/species/3997245
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