Pondoland
Pondoland is the only summer rainfall sandstone. As such it has nutrient poor soils akin to the fynbos and thus a plethora of species that are allied to the Cape yet have arisen independently. It is thus a centre of endemism
Nodes
Xyris capensis
Cephalaria oblongifolia
Helichrysum populifolium
Drimia calcarata
Syncolostemon
Euryops leiocarpus
Psoralea latifolia
Restio mkambatiae
Samolus
Taxonomy term
Conophytum
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Gk. konos = cone; phytum = plant; alluding to the inverted cone shape of the plant.
Crassula perfoliata
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From the Latin per = 'through' and foliatus = 'leaf'; the stem passes through the leaf
Erica cubica
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From the Latin cubicus = 'cubic'; referring to the box-like shape of the lower half of the flower
Leucadendron
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Gk. leukos = white; dendron = tree; referring to commonly called ‘witteboom’ or ‘silver tree’.
Othonna
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Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Podalyria
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For Podalirius (La.), from Podaleirios (Gk.), son of Asklepios, god of healing. He and his brother, Machaon were physicians to the Greek army during the Trojan wars, as described in the Iliad. The brothers’ great feat was the healing of the festering foot of Philoctetes, who was badly needed for his arrows, but whose fetid stench sorely disturbed the warriors. The flowers of this genus are strongly fragrant but not unpleasantly so, rather sweet-smelling.
Psoralea latifolia
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From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Samolus
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The ancient Latin name for this water-loving plant, possibly of Celtic origin.
Syncolostemon
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Gk. syn- = united; kolos = curtailed, stunted; stemon = pillar, stamen. At least two stamens are joined both to each other and to the corolla tube (Hugh Glen). The lower pair of filaments are connate and adnate to the corolla tube (Jackson).