Andriesberg
A mountainous farm in the Eastern Cape near Queenstown
Nodes
Delosperma
Brachystelma
Kniphofia triangularis
Wahlenbergia sp
Dianthus
Selago
Argyrolobium harveyanum
Crassula brachystachya
Prismatocarpus
Pages
Taxonomy term
Androcymbium striatum
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From the Latin ‘striatum’ / ‘striatus’ meaning ‘striped’
Brachystelma
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Gk. brachys = short; stelma = crown, garland, wreath; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species.
Crassula lanceolata
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From the Latin term for a spear or lance, and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
Crassula obovata
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From the Latin ob- = ‘in opposite’ and ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’; the narrow side is on the side of the stalk
Delosperma
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Gk. delos = visible, open, transparent; sperma = seed; referring to seeds that are easily visible as they are in an unenclosed chamber of the capsule which has no covering membrane.
Dianthus
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Gk. dios = godlike, divine; anthos = flower; probably referring to the scent.
Diascia
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Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
Euphorbia clavarioides
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From the Latin clava meaning 'club' and -iioides meaning 'like'.
Gazania
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Gk. gaze, gaza = riches, royal treasure; chloe = grass; or possibly after Theodorus Gaza (many spellings of this name) (1398–1478), a Greek scholar who moved to Italy in 1430. He became professor in Greek at the University of Ferrara (1447) and a Greek-Latin translator for Pope Nicholas V (1450–1455). He worked for King Alfonso V of Aragon (Alphonso the Magnanimous) (1456–1458) and subsequently for Cardinal Bessarion. He translated many works including Aristotle’s Problemata, De Partibus Animalium, and De Generatione Animalium and Theophrastus’ Historia Plantarum, works by noted Greek authors, and a Greek grammar (four books). He is regarded as one of the greatest classical scholars and humanists of the Renaissance.
Gladiolus edulis
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From the Latin edulis meaning 'edible'
Haworthia nigra
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From the latin nigra = 'black'
Hesperantha
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Gk. hesperos = evening; anthos = flower. Many flowers open late in the day, toward evening, Afrikaans aandblom = evening bloom/flower.
Kniphofia triangularis
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From the Latin ‘triangularis’ / ‘triangularis’ meaning ‘triangular’
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.