''Hoodia juttae'' is a species of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

in the family

Apocynaceae Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Namibia Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and ea ...

. Its natural

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s are rocky areas and cold

desert A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About on ...

. ''H. juttae'' is found around the Little and

Great Karas mountains The Great Karas Mountains (Afrikaans: ''Groot Karasberge'') are located in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia, the driest part of the country. Mt. Schroffenstein, at 2206 meters is the highest peak in the range. The peak lies about ten kilomet ...

. It is threatened by collection. The plant was discovered by Jutta Dinter, the wife of

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Kurt Dinter Moritz Kurt Dinter (10 June 1868 – 16 December 1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa. Education and career Dinter was born in Bautzen, where he attended the Realschule. Having completed his military service and joi ...

in 1913. The scientific name refers to Jutta.

Description

''Hoodia juttae'' is small and branches freely into a small "shrublet." The plant is often more broad than it grows tall, rarely being taller than 0.3 meters in height. Flowers are medium-sized and yellow-brown in color and grow in groups on the upper part of the pale gray-green stems.

Cultivation

''Hoodia juttae'' is best grown in mineral, acidic substrates. The plant is best grown from seed or grafting of cuttings. The plant can be hand-pollinated to generate seeds.

References

Endemic flora of Namibia juttae Least concern plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Kurt Dinter {{Apocynaceae-stub