Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve
The largest intact remnant of renosterveld in the world. >500ha (2016). It is owned by WWF, and managed by the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust. At least ten new species as of 2016. NW of De Hoop.
Nodes
Capeochloa arundinacea
Aspalathus quartzicola
Drosanthemum asperulum
Oedera
Drosanthemum
Helichrysum
Hermannia trifoliata
Clutia govaertsii
Xiphotheca guthriei
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Taxonomy term
Atriplex semibaccata
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From the Latin ‘semibaccata’ / ‘semibaccatus’ meaning ‘half endowed with berries’
Berkheya
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Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
Berkheya
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Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
Berkheya
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Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
Bobartia
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For Jacob Bobart (1599–1680), German botanist and the first horti praefectus (superintendent, head gardener) of the Oxford Physic Garden; which cultivated medical herbs; the first garden of its kind in England. He was the author of Catalogus Plantarum Horti Medici Oxoniensis, sci Latino-Anglicus et Anglico-Latinus (1648); a catalogue of 1600 plants that were in the garden. His son, Jacob Bobart the Younger (1641–1719), succeeded his father as horti praefectus and became acting professor of botany at Oxford.
Brownanthus
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For Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), British botanist at Kew Gardens from 1873. Although he never visited South Africa, he became an expert on African plants, particularly succulents. In 1921 he was awarded the Captain Scott Memorial medal in recognition of his work on South African flora and in 1932 an honorary DSc was conferred on him by the University of the Witwatersrand. His papers appeared mainly in the Kew Bulletin and in Flora Capensis.
Brownanthus
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For Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), British botanist at Kew Gardens from 1873. Although he never visited South Africa, he became an expert on African plants, particularly succulents. In 1921 he was awarded the Captain Scott Memorial medal in recognition of his work on South African flora and in 1932 an honorary DSc was conferred on him by the University of the Witwatersrand. His papers appeared mainly in the Kew Bulletin and in Flora Capensis.
Bulbine mesembryanthoides
(Stone Kopieva){"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Means a bulb. Named for the bulb-shaped tuber of many species.
Bulbinella
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Bulbine (q.v.); Gk. -ellus, -ella = diminutive.
Carissa bispinosa
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From the Latin bi = two and spinosa / spinosus meaning ‘thorny’. There are typically two thorns at a node.
Carissa bispinosa
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From the Latin bi = two and spinosa / spinosus meaning ‘thorny’. There are typically two thorns at a node.
Cassine peragua
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From the Latin ‘peragua’ / ‘peraguus’ meaning ‘widespread’
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
(Bietou){"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
From the Greek ‘anthe’ / ‘anthos’ meaning ‘flower ’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.