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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
10/05/2018 - 4:00am
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Mount Kenya National Park
Mount Kenya National Park was established in 1949 to protect Mount Kenya, the wildlife and surrounding environment which forms the wild animal's habitat as well as act as a water catchment area that supplies Kenya's water.
The national park has an area of 715 square kilometres (276 sq mi), most of which is above the 3,000-metre (9,800 ft) contour line.[2][4] The forest reserve has an area of 705 square kilometres (272 sq mi). Combined this makes the area of the UNESCO World Heritage Site 1,420 square kilometres (548 sq mi).
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Erica
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
10/05/2018 - 4:00am
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Acaena
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
10/05/2018 - 4:00am
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Untitled
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 4:19pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 4:05pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 4:04pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 1:59pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 1:20pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 1:16pm
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
06/11/2016 - 1:14pm
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Taxonomy term
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Acaena
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. akaina or La. acaena = a spike, from ake = a point; alluding to the spiny calyces or to the prickles on the fruit.
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APIACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
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Asteraceae
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
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DIPSACACEAE
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus of teazel, Dipsacus
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Erica
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
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Galium
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. galion = bedstraw, from gala = milk; referring to the flowers of G. verum, lady’s bedstraw. This plant was, in the past, used to curdle milk and is still used to colour cheese (Don Perrin). insects and plants to Linnaeus and others. His support of England in the American Revolutionary War resulted in the confiscation of his property. The plant name assigned to him by Linnaeus is a South African genus, although he never visited South Africa. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (1773), a founder Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783) and on his return to England became the Royal Society’s vice-president.
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Hebenstretia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For Johann Christian Hebenstreit (1720–1791), German physician and botanist. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig from 1740–1748 and practised in Naumburg before becoming professor of botany and natural history at the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg. In 1751 he became a personal physician to Count Kyrylo Rosumowskyj, the president of the academy, for two years and was stationed in the Ukraine before returning to Leipzig. In 1755 he accepted the position of professor of botany and natural history in St Petersburg, but deteriorating health forced him to return to Leipzig in 1961. Little is known of his life thereafter.
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Hypericum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. hyper = above; eikon = a figure, icon, image. From the ancient practice of placing flowers above an image in the house to ward off evil spirits, celebrated at the midsummer festival of Walpurgisnacht, named after Saint Walpurga (c 710–777), which later became the feast of St John held in late June when they are in bloom, and thus took the name of St John’s wort.
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Kalanchoe
NE
17
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Short etymology:
The Chinese name for one of the species, jiā lán cài = temple vegetable = K. ceratophyllum.
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Protea
NE
7
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Short etymology:
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.
S
Pteridium aquilinum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘aquilinus’ / ‘aquilinum’ meaning ‘eagle-like’
Description:
Perennial with subterranean rhizome. Fronds erect, to 1.5 m long, stipe glabrous at maturity, lamina deltate, 3- or 4-pinnate, pinnule segments deeply pinnatifid into obtuse, oblong lobes, glabrous or thinly pubescent above, densely pubescent-tomentose beneath. Sori elongate, submarginal, pseudo-indusium ciliate. Fynbos and forest margins, to 1000 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to Europe).