Hexriver Mountains
Between Worcester and Ceres stands the rugged Hexriver mountains. It is here that both the Mountain & Ski Club of the University of Cape Town and the Mountain Club of South Africa have huts.
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Romulea
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MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE
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Taxonomy term
Metalasia phillipsii
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Nemesia
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Gk. nemesion, nemeseion from nemo = to distribute, to enjoy, to pasture, to feed; or nemos = wooded pasture, glade, a grove; name used by Dioscorides for a similar plant, referring to their habitat.
Notobubon sonderi
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For Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881), German botanist and pharmacist, practising in Hamburg. He accumulated an enormous private herbarium in excess of 250 000 specimens from some of the leading botanists and collectors of his day.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Romulea
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For the legendary Romulus, founder and first king of Rome.
Romulea atrandra var. esterhuyseniae
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For Elizabeth ‘Elsie’ Esterhuysen, (1912–2006), Capetonian botanist and prolific plant collector, particularly in the mountains of the Cape. She worked in the Kimberley Museum from 1936-1937 and from 1938 onwards at the Bolus Herbarium. Her collection exceed 34 000.
Roodebergia
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For Roodeberg, Hex River Mountains; referring to the location where the type of species was found.
Senecio
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La. senex = an old man. The white, hairy pappus of the seeds is reminiscent of an old man’s beard.
Spiloxene
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Gk. spilos = a spot, stain; xenos = host or stranger; referring to the spotted base of the tepals in some species.
Ursinia
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Named in honour of Johann Ursinus of Regensburg, the author of Arboretum Biblicum. Sphenogyne R.Br. is not considered separable.
Utricularia
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La. utriculus = small bag, bladder-like; aria = pertaining to; referring to the insectivorous leaf sacs. The small insect-trapping sacs are attached to the underground leaves. ‘Bladderwort’.
Vexatorella obtusata
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From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt'
Victorin’s Warbler
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Vlokia
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For Johannes Hendrik Jacobus Vlok (1957– ), South African nature conservationist. He has a diploma in forestry (1982) and an MSc (cum laude) from the University of Natal (1997). He was a research forester at Saasveld (1982–1900), nature conservation officer (1990–1997), and since 1998 has acted in a consultant or advisory capacity to the World Wildlife Federation South Africa, Cape Nature, South African National Parks, and national, provincial and private institutions in the fields of land conservation, impact assessment and environmental control. He has authored more than 30 scientific and popular articles, and has made many presentations at scientific forums on ecological and floristic studies. He is the recipient of the Leslie Hill (2003) and Gold (2006) awards for his contribution to conservation.