Ruschia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 12:54pm
Collection:
Addo Elephant National Park
The third largest national park in South Africa, Addo Elephant NP is popular with tourists. It now encompasses a number of mountains and thus conserves significant biodiversity.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Ammocharis coranica
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 1:33pm
Collection:
Astroloba
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 7:09pm
Collection:
Anacampseros arachnoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:58pm
Collection:
Haworthia cooperi
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:57pm
Collection:
Adromischus sphenophyllus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:55pm
Collection:
Erica pectinifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:29pm
Collection:
Protea repens
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:24pm
Collection:
Aspalathus setacea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
11/01/2012 - 5:21pm
Collection:
Taxonomy term
G
Acacia
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. akakia (a-kakos) = not good. Gk. ake, akis = a sharp point; probably refers to the spines (stipules) that are typical in many of these genera. The name given by early Greek botanistphysician Pedanius Dioscorides (c 40–90) to the Egyptian thorn, Vachellia nilotica, for its medicinal properties. However, this name remains controversial, and Southern African ‘Acacias’ are divided into two genera.
G
Aloe
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
S
Aloe striata
(Makaalwyn)
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Short etymology:
striped, from Latin striatus 'provided with channels or grooves'
Description:
Acaulescent or short-stemmed succulent. Leaves grey-green, broadly deltoid, spreading, unarmed. Flowers in capitate, rounded panicles, nodding, inflated below, coral with pink tips. Aug.--Sept. Rocky slopes, NW, KM, SE (Worcester Karoo to Port Elizabeth and E Karoo).G
Astroloba
(Starlobe)NE
10
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Short etymology:
From the Greek astro-, stellate; lobos, lobe.
Description:
Astroloba Uitewaal.
Genus of caulescent succulent perennials indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa. Plants offset from the base to form clusters. Leaves hard succulent, sharp, keeled, mucronate and pentastichous. Flowers tubular. Six perianth lobes in relatively actinomorphic arrangement.
S
Crassula perfoliata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin per = 'through' and foliatus = 'leaf'; the stem passes through the leaf
Description:
Densely papillate, few-branched perennial to 1.5 m. Leaves opposite, lanceolate to triangular, green to grey occ. with purple blotches. Flowers in flat-topped, pedunculate clusters, tubular, white, pink or red, petals 33--6 mm long. Oct.--Jan. Dry lower slopes, SE (Karoo and Uitenhage to N Province).S
Erica pectinifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin pectinata meaning ‘comb-like’ and -folia meaning leaf. The leaves have comb-like bristles on the margin
Description:
Erect shrub, sometimes sparse, to 1.5 m. Flowers large, tubular, white, sometimes tinged with pink, hairy. Jan.--Dec. Flats to middle slopes, SE (Uniondale to Port Elizabeth).S
Grewia occidentalis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin occidentalis = 'of / pertaining to the West'; generally referring to the Western Hemisphere
Description:
Shrub or small tree to 3 m. Leaves glabrescent, lanceolate, toothed. Flowers usually solitary opposite the leaves, purple and pink or white. Fruits 4-lobed, reddish. Oct.--Nov. Forest margins and bush, SW, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Zimbabwe).S
Haworthia cooperi
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
G
Ruschia
NE
2
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Short etymology:
For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), Namibian farmer, businessman and plant collector. He came to South-West Africa (Namibia) in 1890, where he grew succulent plants and later established a nursery at Lichtenstein, near Windhoek, Namibia. He and his son Ernst Franz Rusch Jnr (1897–1964) made many collecting trips together. He was one of the founders of Windhoek, and was given freedom of the city on his 60th birthday.
