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2 unusual facts about Hans Schinz


Hans Schinz

As a result of the expedition, he published Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Forschungsreisen durch die deutschen Schutzgebiete Groß- Nama- und Hereroland, nach dem Kunene, dem Ngamisee und Kalahari, 1884-1887 (German South West Africa: Research Expedition of Herero and Nama Country, the Kunene Region, Lake Ngami and the Kalahari- 1884-1887).

It was during this expedition that he made the acquaintance of the Finnish missionary Martti Rautanen (1845-1926) at Olukonda, and named the tree Ricinodendron rautanenii after him.



see also

Rhinotyphlops schinzi

The specific name, schinzi, is in honor of "Herr Dr. Hans Schinz", who collected the first specimens in 1884 & 1885 in the Kalahari Desert.