Gifberg and Matzikammaberg
At the norther extention of the Cedarberg mountains and immediately south of Van Rhynsdorp lies a somewhat segregated montane island. This is renowned for its unique flora its dramatic scenery and its beautiful streams. Decimated for Rooibos farming, the main remaining section is the Matzikammaberg that is a private nature reserve owned largely by botanist-extraordinnaire Nick Helme.
Nodes
Lagenias pusillus
Serruria lacunosa
Ornithogalum nannodes
Ornithogalum rupestre
Drosera trinervia
Restio curviramis
Wimmerella pygmaea
Senecio cinerascens
Aspalathus venosa
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Taxonomy term
Agathosma
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Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
Arctotis
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Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
Arctotis sp
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Aristea
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From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
Aspalathus venosa
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From the Latin venosus = ‘veined’
Babiana mucronata
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From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Bergia glomerata
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From the Latin glomeratus = ‘thickly clustered’
Braunsia
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For Hans Heinrich Justus Carl Ernst Brauns (1857–1929), German entomologist and physician. He qualified with a PhD from Schwerin University, got his MD from Leipzig, and worked for the German Medical Service before emigrating to South Africa for health reasons in 1895. He practiced in Port Elizabeth, Hoopstad (in the then Orange Free State, now the Free State) and eventually settled in Willowmore in the Karoo in 1899. He collected insects extensively, especially Hymenoptera, and took field trips to the Karoo, Cape Province, Orange Free State and Transvaal. He provided specimens to the South African Museum, the Hungarian Natural History Museum, and Natal Museum. In 1924 he sold his collection to the Transvaal Museum. He was a member of the Royal Society of South Africa and an honorary member of the Societe des Sciences Naturelles, Musee du Congo Belge, Tervuren.
Braunsia maximiliani
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Named after acclaimed botanist Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) or his brother, the plant collector Rudolf Schlechter Maximilian Schlechter (1874-1960).
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbinella latifolia
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From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
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