Eulophia aculeata
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 10:18am
Collection:
Drakensberg
The Drakensberg Mountains at 3482m at their highest point are the highest in South Africa. Sharing the mountains with the landlocked Kingdom of Lesotho, they are part of the chain of sky-islands that make up a linked flora along the east of Africa. There are many species endemic to the Drakensberg and its flora is well renowned.
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Public
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Insecta
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 10:09am
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Haplocarpha scaposa
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 10:06am
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Cyrtanthus breviflorus
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 10:05am
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Gunnera
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 10:03am
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Aristea schizolaena
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 9:46am
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Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 9:33am
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Disa porrecta
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 9:13am
Collection:
Untitled
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
19/01/2012 - 8:58am
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Dierama pauciflorum
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Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
22/11/2010 - 4:39pm
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Buchnera glabrata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Description:
Hemi-parasitic perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal, shortly scabrid. Flowers crowded in dense spikes, purple or white. Dec.--Apr. Marshy mountain slopes, SW, LB, SE (Franschhoek to Mpumalanga).
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Cycnium
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. kyknos = swan; probably referring to the slender, elongated corolla tube like a swan’s neck.
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Delosperma
NE
1
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Short etymology:
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.
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Denham’s Bustard
(Denham’s Bustard)
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Short etymology:
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Dianthus
NE
12
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Short etymology:
Gk. dios = godlike, divine; anthos = flower; probably referring to the scent.
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Dianthus basuticus
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Short etymology:
From Lesotho, previously known as Basutoland that was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966
Description:
Densely tufted perennial to 15 cm. Leaves linear. Flowers 1--4 on axillary scapes, pink to purple, calyx 15--20 mm long, petal limbs obovate, finely toothed. Nov.--Apr. Rocky slopes, SE (Avontuur to KwaZulu-Natal).S
Erica caffra
(Water Heath)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
Description:
Erect shrub or small tree to 4 m. Flowers medium, conical, white, finely hairy. July--Dec. Streamsides, flats and mountain slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Mts to KwaZulu-Natal).S
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 clavicornis
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Description:
Rhizomatous geophyte to 73 cm. Leaves partly to fully developed at flowering, linear-lanceolate. Flowers few to many in a lax raceme, sepals purplish, petals white tinged pale pink to pale blue or yellow, lip crests pale pink to yellow, median sepal 8--18 mm long, lip crests of pubescent ridges and lamellae, spur slender, 1.4--8.9 mm long. Aug.--Feb. Grassland, SE (George to tropical Africa and Madagascar).S
Eumorphia sericea
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Short etymology:
From the Latin sericea meaning ‘silky’
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Euphorbia
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
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