Details of record no: 60144

Huernia kirkii N.E. Br.

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Record details:

Date:	Jan 1966
Recorder(s):	L Walter
Collector(s):
Determiner(s):	L Walter
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Herbarium:
Habitat:	Poor stony soil with scrubby mopane and stunted ironwoods. Full sun.
Location:	Near Palfrey's Store
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Planted code:	Not planted
Country:	Zimbabwe
Quarter Degree Square:	2231A4
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FZ Division:	S
Altitude (metres):	216
Notes:	Journal of SA Botany, Vol 32, Part 1, January 1966. L.C.Leach and D.C.H.Plowes. This is a detailed discussion of the misinterpretations of H. kirkii and H. hislopii. The specimen I (LW) provided to Mr. Leach was the first recorded in Zimbabwe, but was received too late for inclusion in the above article, which had already gone to press. LW adds: Captain and Mrs Palfrey lived in one of the remotest areas of the country - inaccessible during the rains - on the border with Mozambique. He had been awarded the M.C. during WW1. Mrs Palfrey somehow discovered that I had a weakness for scones with strawberry jam and cream, and whenever I visited (unannounced) they would miraculously appear ! A wonderful old couple.
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Location Accuracy Code:	6

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Species id:	146800
Image id:	1
Image number:	17472
Photographer:	L Walter
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Image notes:	Journal of SA Botany, Vol 32, Part 1, January 1966. L.C.Leach and D.C.H.Plowes. This is a detailed discussion of the misinterpretations of H. kirkii and H. hislopii. The specimen I (LW) provided to Mr. Leach was the first recorded in Zimbabwe, but was received too late for inclusion in the above article, which had already gone to press. LW adds: Captain and Mrs Palfrey lived in one of the remotest areas of the country - inaccessible during the rains - on the border with Mozambique. He had been awarded the M.C. during WW1. Mrs Palfrey somehow discovered that I had a weakness for scones with strawberry jam and cream, and whenever I visited (unannounced) they would miraculously appear ! A wonderful old couple.