Xysmalobium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
21/12/2008 - 1:38pm
Collection:
Amatola Mountains
Amathole, means 'calves' in isiXhosa (i.e. the foothills of the Drakensberg). The Amatola Mountains form part of the southern portion of the Great Escarpment, rising over 1,800 metres above sea level. jIt includes the mountains of the Hogsback and the Amatola hikingt trail.
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Public
Nodes
Brachystelma caffrum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
15/01/2008 - 6:18pm
Collection:
Aspidonepsis diploglossa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
24/11/2007 - 11:48am
Collection:
Asclepias brevipes
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
25/11/2004 - 12:56pm
Collection:
Fanninia caloglossa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/01/2003 - 2:23pm
Collection:
Schizoglossum cordifolium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
16/12/2002 - 1:23pm
Collection:
Pachycarpus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/12/2002 - 3:27pm
Collection:
Brachystelma
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
03/12/2002 - 2:52pm
Collection:
Schizoglossum cordifolium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
22/11/2002 - 10:20am
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
10/12/2015 - 1:06pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Acalypha
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. akalephe = a nettle or its sting. The leaves of some species are nettle-like, resembling those of Urtica, the true nettle.
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Alchemilla elongata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin elongatus = ‘elongated’
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Asclepias affinis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin affinis meaning ‘related to’, 'near to', 'resembling' or 'neigbouring'
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Asclepias gibba
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Short etymology:
From Latin gibba, a 'hump'. Typically referring to a bump.
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Brachystelma
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. brachys = short; stelma = crown, garland, wreath; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species.
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Conophytum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. konos = cone; phytum = plant; alluding to the inverted cone shape of the plant.
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Crassula setulosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin setulosus = 'slightly bristly'
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Dierama
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. diorama = a funnel; alluding to the shape of the perianth.
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Disa
NE
20
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Short etymology:
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.
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Drosera
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
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Eulophia aculeata
(Pointed Eulophia)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘aculeata’ / ‘aculeatus’ meaning ‘prickly’
Description:
Rhizomatous geophyte to 25 cm. Leaves partly or fully developed at flowering, linear-lanceolate, pleated. Flowers few to many in a dense raceme, dull ivory to white, tepals scarcely spreading, median sepal oblong, 6--16 mm long, lip crests of ridges and lamellate papillae, spur absent. Nov.--Jan. Fynbos and grassland, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).
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Eulophia ovalis
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Description:
Rhizomatous geophyte to 65 cm. Leaves leathery, fully developed at anthesis. Flowers few in a lax raceme, sepals purple, petals and lip white and tinged purple, lip crests yellow, median sepal oblong to lanceolate-oblong, 14--36 mm long, lip crests of ridges and papillae, spur conical to cylindrical, 1--5.6 mm long. Nov.--Feb. Grassland, SE (Humansdorp to N Province).G
Euryops
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. eurys = large or broad; ops = eye or face; referring to the large showy capitula or flower head.
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