The genus name of Hilliardia is in honour of Olive Mary Hilliard (b. 1925), a noted South African botanist and taxonomist.[7] The Latin specific epithet of zuurbergensis refers to coming from the Zuurberg Mountains in South Africa.
The genus name of Hilliardia and the species of Hilliardia zuurbergensis were first described and published in Opera Bot. Vol.92 on page 147 in 1987.[8]
^Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. M. Welman, E. Retief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. Van Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
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