Hugh Basil Christian

Botanist (1871–1950).

Harold Basil Christian (28 October 1871 – 12 May 1950) was a Cape Colony-born Rhodesian farmer, horticulturist, and botanist. Christian attended Eton College in the United Kingdom, where he was a distinguished athlete. He served in the Imperial Light Horse of the British Army during the Second Boer War, during which he fought in the Siege of Ladysmith. In the decade after the war, he worked in what is now South Africa for De Beers and later as an engineer for a mining company. In 1911, Christian moved to Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe). There, he purchased a sizable farm, which he named Ewanrigg. He

Abbreviations: Christian
Occupations: mining engineer, botanist
Citizenships: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, South Africa
Languages: English
Dates: 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z – 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z
Birth place: Gqeberha
Direct attributions: 21 plants, 0 fungi
Authorship mentions: 23 plants, 0 fungi

21 plants attributed, 2 plants contributed to23 plants:

Aloe nyeriensis Christian & I.Verd. 1952
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe nyeriensis is a succulent aloe plant species, endemic to Kenya. It grows from 1–3 metres tall, and sends up an inflorescence on a flowering stalk from 0.5 to 0.8 metres tall, densely packed with red flowers. A. nyeriensis grows on rocky soils of the savannah, often in communities with Acacia trees, at altitudes between 1760 and 2100 metres. It is closely related to - and often confused with - its relative Aloe kedongensis. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.
Aloe inyangensis (Inyanga Aloe) Christian 1936
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe inyangensis is a succulent aloe plant species, found only in the mountainous Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. It grows best in shady conditions but in some areas is also found in the open in heaths on mountain tops. There are two subspecies: the relatively flimsy A. inyangensis inyangensis commoner in the northern part of the range; and the sturdier A. inyangensis kimberleyana towards the southern end of its range.
Aloe ortholopha (Dyke Aloe) Christian & Milne-Red. 1933
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe ortholopha is an aloe native to open grassland at 1450–1525 meters altitude in the northern Great Dyke, Mvurwi Range, Zimbabwe.
Aloe mubendiensis Christian 1942
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe mubendiensis is a species of Aloe native to west Uganda.
Aloe babatiensis Christian & I.Verd. 1954
critically endangered plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe babatiensis is an aloe which is found in northern Tanzania.
Aloe kilifiensis Christian 1942
endangered and perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe kilifiensis is a species of plant found on the coastlines of Kenya and Tanazania up to 380 meters (1246 feet)
Aloe flexilifolia (Usambara Mountain Aloe) Christian 1942
critically endangered plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe flexilifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asphodelaceae. It is native to the Usambara Mountains of north-eastern Tanzania.
Aloe mawii Christian 1940
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
Aloe mawii is an aloe widespread in south-east Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique. Aloe mawii grows tall, stout stems of up to 2 meters in height, though acaulescent forms can occur. The stems sometimes branch higher up, in a tree-like form. The leaves are up to 10 cm wide, spreading or recurved, with widely spaced teeth on their margins. They are blue-green in the shade, but can become reddish in full sun. The flowers are orange-red, born on very short pedicels (1-2mm), on a simple, hardly branched inflorescence, which spreads out horizontally.
Aloe debrana Christian 1947
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe ngongensis Christian 1942
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe munchii (Munch's Great Chimanimani Aloe) Christian 1951
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe mzimbana (Aloe Mzinbana) I.Verd. & Christian 1941
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe mcloughlinii (Diredawan Aloe) Christian 1951
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe boscawenii Christian 1942
critically endangered plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe turkanensis Christian 1942
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe torrei I.Verd. & Christian 1946
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe milneredheadii Christian 1940
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe erensii Christian 1940
endangered and perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe duckeri Christian 1940
perennial plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe bulbicaulis Christian 1936
plant species in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe chabaudii var. mlanjeana (Mulanje Aloe) Christian 1938
perennial plant variety in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe secundiflora var. tweedieae (Christian) Wabuyele 2006
plant variety in the asphodelaceae family
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Aloe secundiflora var. tweediae (Christian) Wabuyele 2006
plant variety in the asphodelaceae family
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