Jonkershoek NR
Nestled at the eastern end of Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek is a pine plantation with a fantastic diversity of native plants. There are many stunning walks and rare plant species from the reserve.
Nodes
Cliffortia
Bobartia
Berkheya
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Otholobium
Phylica stipularis
Ornithogalum
Corymbium
Pages
Taxonomy term
Chlorophytum
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Gk. chloros = yellow-green; phyton = a plant; referring to the green colour of the leaves and the flowers.
Cliffortia
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For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
Cliffortia
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For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Cotula
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Probably Gk. kotule = a little cup or hollow-shaped receptacle; referring to the shape of the involucre or of the flower head. Another source says ‘or the concave base of the stem clasping leaves’.
Cyanella
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La. cyaneus = greenish-blue, Gk. kyanos = dark blue; -ella = diminutive; referring to the blue flowers in some species, although some species have white, pink and purple flowers.
Diosma
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Gk. dios = divine; osme = fragrance; referring to the fragrant leaves, especially when crushed.
Disa
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Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Disa
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Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Discocapnos
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Gk. diskos = a disk; kapnos = smoke; possibly alluding to the disk-shaped seed and smokygreyish fruit nodules.