Peersia Explained

Peersia is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Aizoaceae.^[1]

It is native to the Cape Provinces in the South African Republic.

The genus name of Peersia is in honour of Victor Stanley Peers (1874–1940), an Australian botanist, plant collector, and amateur archeologist.^[2] It was first described and published in Fl. Pl. South Africa Vol.7 on table 264 in 1927.^[1]

Known species

According to Kew:

• Peersia frithii
• Peersia macradenia
• Peersia vanheerdei

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peersia L.Bolus Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 27 May 2021 . en.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 1 January 2021.