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Huernia thuretii

Huernia thuretii Cels in Hort. Franç.: 73, t. 3 (1866).

Basionim:

Huernia thuretii

Cels in Hort. Franç.: 73, t. 3 (1866).

Synonims:

• Stapelia thuretii

  (Cels) Croucher in Garden (London, 1871-1927) 12: 524 (1877).

• Huernia inornata

  Obermeyer in The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 1176 (1937). 

• Huernia striata

  Obermeyer in The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 1170 (1937). 

• Huernia primulina

  N. E. Brown in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 20: T. 1906 (1890),

  Huernia thuretii var. primulina

  (N. E. Brown) Leach in Excelsa Taxon. Ser. 4: 185 (1988).

• Huernia primulina var. rugosa

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 913 (1909). 

• Huernia bayeri

  Leach in Excelsa Taxon. Ser. 4: 187 (1988).

• Huernia brevirostris

  N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. N. S. 7: 780 (1877).

• Huernia brevirostris subsp. baviaana

  L. C. Leach in Excelsa Taxon. Ser. 4: 166 (1988)

• Huernia scabra var. ecornuta

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 916 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris var. ecornuta

  (N. E. Brown) A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 875 (1937). 

• Huernia brevirostris var. intermedia

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap.: 4 (1): 915 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris subsp. intermedia

  (N. E. Brown) L. C. Leach in Excelsa Taxon. Ser. 4: 164 (1988).

• Huernia scabra

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 916 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris var. scabra

  (N. E. Brown) A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 872 (1937). 

• Huernia scabra var. immaculata

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 916 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris var. immaculata

  (N. E. Brown) A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 871 (1937). 

• Huernia scabra var. longula

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 916 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris var. longula

  (N. E. Brown) A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 874 (1937). 

• Huernia scabra var. pallida

  N. E. Brown in Fl. Cap. 4 (1): 916 (1909),

  Huernia brevirostris var. pallida

  (N. E. Brown) A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 866 (1937). 

• Huernia brevirostris var. histrionica

  A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 1144 (1937).  

• Huernia brevirostris var. parvipuncta

  A. C. White & B. Sloane The Stapelieae, ed. 2. 3: 1144 (1937). 

Etymology: Gustave Adolphe Thuret (Botanic Garden at Antibes on the French Riviera)

Distribution: South Africa (Eastern Cape), Namibia (Tiras Mountains).

History: The origin of the plant is unknown. It was collected somewhere in SE part of Cape Province. Plant was described by François Cels in 1866.

Peter Bruyns transfered H. thuretii var. primulina, H. bayeri and all ssp. of H. brevirostris to H. thuretii (2005).