Plumbago tristis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
28/12/2006 - 10:15am
Collection:
Anysberg Nature Reserve
Anysberg forms a mountain-island south of the northern barrier of the Klein Karoo, the Swartberg,
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Mammalia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
27/12/2006 - 6:51pm
Collection:
Adromischus subdistichus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
27/12/2006 - 1:22pm
Collection:
Protea lorifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
27/12/2006 - 12:29pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
27/12/2006 - 12:38pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Acmadenia argillophila
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Short etymology:
From the Latin argillosus = 'abounding in clay' and phila = 'lover'
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Acmadenia sheilae
(Kleinkaroo Porcelainflower)
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Short etymology:
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Adenandra dahlgrenii
(Anysberg Chinaflower)
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Short etymology:
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Agrostis lachnantha
(Vinkagrostis)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘lachnantha’ / ‘lachne’ meaning ‘wool’; and the Greek ‘antha’ / ‘anthos’ meaning ‘flower’.
Description:
Annual or short-lived perennial to 90 cm. Leaves linear. Spikelets in a narrow, sinuous panicle, 1.5--3 mm long, branches suberect. Oct.--Mar. Damp sites, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (S and tropical Africa).S
Aloe perfoliata
(Mitre Aloe)2
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Short etymology:
From the Latin per = 'through' and foliatus = 'leaf'; the stem passes through the leaf
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Androcymbium burchellii
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Short etymology:
Commemorating William John Burchell (1781-1863), a 19th-century English explorer, British naturalist, traveller, artist and author. He discovered and documented many species during his travels through Southern Africa. He landed in Cape Town in 1810 and undertook many smaller trips. From 1811-1815 he covered over 7000km. He returned to England with over 50 000 plant specimens and published two volumes entitled Travels in the Interior of Southern Africa in 1822 and 1824.
Description:
Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves ovate, prostrate, sometimes ciliate. Flowers enclosed in green and white bracts, tepals with very short limbs, auriculate below, stamens twice as long as tepal limbs. June--Aug. Stony flats, NW, KM (W Karoo and Bokkeveld Mts to Little Karoo).S
Anisodontea fruticosa
(Wedge Mallow)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’
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Brunsvigia gregaria
(Albany Candelabra)
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Short etymology:
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Cheilanthes hastata
(Spear Lipfern)
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Short etymology:
Spear-sahaped, from the Latin hasta meaning "spear".
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Cliffortia micrantha
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Short etymology:
From the Greek mikros = ‘small' and anthos = 'flower'
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Crassula hemisphaerica
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Short etymology:
From the Latin hemi- = 'half' and sphaerica = ‘spherical’, referring to forming a dome-like semi-circular form
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