Searsia Lucida
''Searsia lucida'', previously known as ''Rhus lucida'', and commonly known as the varnished kuni-rhus (English) or blinktaaibos (Afrikaans). Description The tree seldom reaches a height of more than 2 metres and can spread as a shrub over several meters too. The stems and branches are upright and erect. Young stems are red, shiny, resinous and sticky. The leaves are shiny (''"lucida"'' = "shiny"), trifoliate, leathery (sub-coriaceous), and a dark to olive green colour (often becoming orange before being shed). The Leaflet (botany), leaflets' shape is obovate-cuneate, often with small notches in their rounded tips. The leaflets are the same colour above and below, with a prominent central keel and fine lateral veins visible. Damaged leaf-surfaces become pale, almost white. The leaf's petiole (stalk) is slightly winged, at least along its upper half. It produces creamy-white flowers from June to October, in small, sparse, terminal inflorescences. The flowers are small, with p ...
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Fred Alexander Barkley
Fred Alexander Barkley (1908–1989) was an American botanist. Barkley studied at the University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two territories became the ... and was awarded a PhD from the Washington University in St. Louis in 1937. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Barkley, Fred Alexander 1908 births 1989 deaths 20th-century American botanists University of Oklahoma alumni Washington University in St. Louis alumni ...
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