Akkedisberg Pass
Connecting the Hermanus Strandveld with the Overberg region, the Akkedisberg Pass / Akkedisberg pas is a valley that the Kleinrivier flows along between the Kleinrivier mountains in the north and the Akkedisberg to the south. Salmonsdam Nature Reserve lies a few km to the south of the pass. Boskloof Farm is close to the pass to the South East and is the home of Erica expert Thys de Villiers.
Nodes
Serruria elongata
Leucadendron xanthoconus
Aulax umbellata
Protea repens
Serruria elongata
Protea scabra
Leucadendron salignum
Serruria fasciflora
Leucospermum cordifolium
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Taxonomy term
Aulax umbellata
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From the Latin umbellatus meaning ‘equipped with parasols’. This typically refers to an umbellate arrangement of flowers.
Hakea sericea
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From the Latin sericea meaning ‘silky’
Leucadendron
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Gk. leukos = white; dendron = tree; referring to commonly called ‘witteboom’ or ‘silver tree’.
Leucadendron salicifolium
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From the botanical name for a Willow, Salix, and the Latin folius = 'leaf'
Leucadendron salignum
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Leucospermum truncatulum
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From truncata = 'squarely cut-off'
Mimetes
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Gk. mimetes = imitator, mimic. Possibly given this name because some of its features, like the toothed leaves, bear a close resemblance to other family members, like Leucospermum, better known as pincushion. The genus itself is distinctive.
Mimetes cucullatus
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From the Latin cucullatus = ‘hooded’
Protea
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Gk. After Proteus, a mythological sea-god, who could change his form at will, taking new shapes. Seemingly Linnaeus was so over-awed by the variety of plants sent to him from the Cape that he named the genus Protea. The authors could not confirm this.