Geissorhiza
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 11:47am
Collection:
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.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Lagenias pusillus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 9:19am
Collection:
Serruria lacunosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/10/2014 - 10:53am
Collection:
Ornithogalum nannodes
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2014 - 12:34pm
Collection:
Ornithogalum rupestre
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
13/10/2014 - 10:27am
Collection:
Drosera trinervia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 4:07pm
Collection:
Restio curviramis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 3:58pm
Collection:
Wimmerella pygmaea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 12:42pm
Collection:
Senecio cinerascens
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 12:24pm
Collection:
Aspalathus venosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nic Helme (David)
Date observed:
12/10/2014 - 11:44am
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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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.
S
Arctotis
NE
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Short etymology:
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.
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
Aristea
NE
1
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Short etymology:
From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
S
Aspalathus venosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin venosus = ‘veined’
S
Babiana mucronata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 5--15 cm. Leaves lanceolate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, lower tepals somewhat clawed, contiguous below and diverging obliquely above, pale blue with yellow lower tepals, scented, inner bracts free, ovary hairy. July--Sept. Rocky sandstone slopes and flats, NW (Bokkeveld Mts to Tulbagh).S
Bergia glomerata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin glomeratus = ‘thickly clustered’
G
Braunsia
NE
11
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Short etymology:
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.
S
Braunsia maximiliani
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Short etymology:
Named after acclaimed botanist Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) or his brother, the plant collector Rudolf Schlechter Maximilian Schlechter (1874-1960).
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
Bulbinella latifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Description:
Like B. nutans but leaves broader, to 65 mm wide and raceme narrower, to 45 mm wide. Flowers deep yellow or orange. Aug.--Oct. Seasonally damp sandstone or granite, rarely dolerite, NW (Namaqualand to Cedarberg Mts).Pages
