Breedekloof Region
This is the upper Breede River valley of the Western Cape between Tulbagh in the north and Worcester in the South. It is predominantly a wine-growing region and has many rare and threatened species that are endemic - best known of which is the critically endangered Leucadendron chamelaea.
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Moraea gawleri
Pelargonium
Bartholina
Anisodontea
Hermannia confusa
Dischisma
Scrophulariaceae
Sebaea
Oxalis purpurea
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Taxonomy term
Lachenalia orchioides
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From the Latin ‘orchi’ / ‘orchis’ meaning ‘orchid’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Nemesia
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Gk. nemesion, nemeseion from nemo = to distribute, to enjoy, to pasture, to feed; or nemos = wooded pasture, glade, a grove; name used by Dioscorides for a similar plant, referring to their habitat.
ORCHIDACEAE
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From the Greek orchis, testis; referring to the resemblance to the twin pseudo-bulbs of some genera.
ORCHIDACEAE
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From the Greek orchis, testis; referring to the resemblance to the twin pseudo-bulbs of some genera.
Oxalis
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From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
Oxalis
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From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
Pelargonium
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Gk. pelargos = a stork; referring to the beak of the fruit which resembles a stork’s bill (cf Geranium, Erodium).
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Scrophularia was derived from scrophula (scrofula) and was used in its treatment, because of the similarity between the roots of some species and tuberculous swellings.
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Scrophularia was derived from scrophula (scrofula) and was used in its treatment, because of the similarity between the roots of some species and tuberculous swellings.
Sebaea
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For Albertus Seba (1665–1736), Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and naturalist. In 1700, he opened an ‘apothecary shop’ in Amsterdam and collected exotic plants and animal products from sailors and ship surgeons from which he could make ‘medicines’. In 1716, he sold his first collection (as well as the Dutch botanist Frederik Ruysch’s collection) to the Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, on his visit to the Netherlands. Seba immediately set about building an even larger collection. In 1734, he published his magnificently illustrated four-volume Thesaurus (1734, 1735), with 446 plates (2 volumes published posthumously), which displays marine animals, insects and reptiles. Linnaeus must have seen this collection when he visited Seba twice in 1735. Seba became a Fellow of Royal Society in 1728.
Sebaea
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For Albertus Seba (1665–1736), Dutch pharmacist, zoologist and naturalist. In 1700, he opened an ‘apothecary shop’ in Amsterdam and collected exotic plants and animal products from sailors and ship surgeons from which he could make ‘medicines’. In 1716, he sold his first collection (as well as the Dutch botanist Frederik Ruysch’s collection) to the Russian Tsar, Peter the Great, on his visit to the Netherlands. Seba immediately set about building an even larger collection. In 1734, he published his magnificently illustrated four-volume Thesaurus (1734, 1735), with 446 plates (2 volumes published posthumously), which displays marine animals, insects and reptiles. Linnaeus must have seen this collection when he visited Seba twice in 1735. Seba became a Fellow of Royal Society in 1728.
Sparaxis
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Gk. sparasso = to rend or tear; relating to the bracts that are lacerated or cut into segments.
Sparaxis
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Gk. sparasso = to rend or tear; relating to the bracts that are lacerated or cut into segments.
Spiloxene
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Gk. spilos = a spot, stain; xenos = host or stranger; referring to the spotted base of the tepals in some species.
Spiloxene
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Gk. spilos = a spot, stain; xenos = host or stranger; referring to the spotted base of the tepals in some species.