Pharnaceum elongatum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
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Grubbia rosmarinifolia
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Trachyandra hirsutiflora
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Geissorhiza juncea
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Aristea spiralis
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Mimetes cucullatus
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Lachenalia aloides
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
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Disa atricapilla
Locality:
Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Lapeirousia anceps
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
Date observed:
Date observed unknown
Ornithogalum schlechterianum
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Name of observer:
Mary Maytham Kidd (David)
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Taxonomy term
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Asplenium
NE
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Short etymology:
Name from the Greek asplenon, a kind of fern.
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Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘a’ / ‘a’ meaning ‘not’; and the Greek ‘dianti’ / ‘diantos’ meaning ‘wettable’.
Description:
black spleenwort, black maidenhair Perennial with short rhizome. Fronds erect to arching, stipe initially paleate, lamina soft, narrowly deltoid, 2- or 3-pinnate, pinnae unequally cuneate, pinnules oblong, shallowly lobed to deeply pinnatifid, serrate to dentate, minutely paleate beneath. Sori linear, indusium entire. Cliffs and boulders, to 1500 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to Eurasia, Mexico).S
Asplenium aethiopicum
(African Spleenwort)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Description:
Perennial with short rhizome. Fronds arching, soft, stipe paleate, lamina lanceolate, 2-pinnate to 4-pinnatifid, pinnae divided into narrowly obovate to narrowly oblong segments, irregularly incised, subglabrous above, paleate beneath. Sori linear, of irregular lengths, indusium subentire. Forest floors, to 400 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Grootwinterhoek Mts to W Africa, Madagascar).S
Asplenium cordatum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
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Asplenium erectum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin erectus = 'upright'
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Asplenium monanthes
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Short etymology:
From the Greek mono = 'one' and anthos = 'flowered'; i.e. one-flowered
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Aster subulatus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin subulatus = ‘awl-shaped’; i.e. the organ is slender and narrowing to a point
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Audouinia capitata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
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Babiana ambigua
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ambiguus = 'ambiguous' or 'uncertain
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Babiana disticha
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 7--20 cm. Leaves lanceolate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, violet to pale blue, marked with yellow, fragrant, inner bracts free, ovary hairy. July--Sept. Sandstone slopes, NW, SW (Ceres to Cape Peninsula).S
Bartramidula comosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin comosus = 'having long or abundant hairs' or 'with a tuft', 'having many leaves' or 'being leafy'
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Becium grandiflorum obovatum
NE
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ob- = 'in opposite' and ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’; i.e. the narrow side is on the side of the stalk
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