Sentinel Peak area
One of the most spectacular regions of the Drakensberg.
Nodes
Crassula setulosa
Wahlenbergia sp
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Ursinia
Gladiolus crassifolius
DIPSACACEAE
Erica
Eucomis bicolor
Ornithogalum paludosum
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Taxonomy term
Agapanthus
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Gk. agapē = love; anthos = flower. Derivation unknown. Agapeo means ‘to be contented with’. Perhaps the author, L’Héritier, was expressing his pleasure, i.e. ‘flower with which I am well pleased’.
Agapanthus campanulatus
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From the Latin campanularis = 'bell shaped'; referring to the flower shape
Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Albuca fastigiata
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From Latin fastigatus = an 'apex' or 'summit'; referring either to the organism narrowing towards the top; having upright usually clustered branches; or to the organism occurring on a summit.
Alepidea
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Gk. a- = without; lepis = a scale. Speculatively, meaning free of sap-sucking insects.
Berkheya
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Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
Brownleea galpinii
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Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Cotula sp
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Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Crocosmia
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Gk. krokos = saffron; osme = smell; referring to the scent of the dried flowers when immersed in water. Krokos probably of Semitic origin (e.g. Arabic kurkum).
Dierama
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Gk. diorama = a funnel; alluding to the shape of the perianth.
DIPSACACEAE
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Named after the genus of teazel, Dipsacus
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 fragrans
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From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’
Erica
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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).