Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Felix Riegel (felix)
Date observed:
13/10/2018 - 4:11pm
Collection:
De Hoop and Potberg Nature Reserve
Adjacent and west of Cape Agulhas, the southern tip of Africa, lie two critical reserves. Both possess calcrete vegetation that is replete with endemic species. De Hoop is also near the mouth of a lagoon that is a sanctuary for many bird species.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Hermannia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 6:00pm
Collection:
Cissampelos
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:58pm
Collection:
Silene
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:57pm
Collection:
Prismatocarpus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:54pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:52pm
Collection:
Cyanella lutea
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:49pm
Collection:
Ledebouria
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 5:18pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
30/11/2014 - 2:47pm
Collection:
Androcymbium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
13/08/2016 - 12:26pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Acmadenia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. akme = highest point; aden = a gland; referring to the glands on the anthers.
S
African Black Oystercatcher
(African Black Oystercatcher)2
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Short etymology:
G
Agathosma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
G
Androcymbium
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. andro- = male (in botanical language, stamen); kymbium = cup or saucer (La. cymba). The petal limbs enfold the stamens. Common names ‘men-in-a-boat’, ‘cup-and-saucer’.
S
Arctotis sp
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Short etymology:
Description:
Sprawling perennial to 40 cm, near A. aspera. Leaves oblanceolate, pinnatifid, margins revolute, roughly hairy. Flower heads radiate, solitary on leafy peduncles, white, purple below, outer bracts conspicuously tailed, achenes with 2 elongate-undulate cavities. June--Oct. Limestone or sandy slopes, AP (De Hoop and Potberg).
G
Bulbine
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
S
Carpobrotus edulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin edulis meaning 'edible'
Description:
Succulent perennial with trailing stems to 2 m long. Leaves straight or slightly curved. Flowers yellow, fading to pink with age, stigmas about as long as the stamens, receptacle top-shaped, tapering into the pedicel. Fruits clavate to subglobose, yellowish. Aug.--Oct. Coastal and inland slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).G
Chaenostoma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. khaino = gape, split, open; stoma = mouth; referring to the corolla tube, which opens widely.\
G
Cissampelos
NE
6
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Short etymology:
Gk. kissos = ivy; ampelos = vine. The plant scrambles like ivy and bears fleshy fruits like grapes.
G
Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
G
Cytinus
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. cytinus = the Greek word for the flower of pomegranate, referring to the calyx of the pomegranate blossom.
G
Erica
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
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