Oxalis
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:15pm
Collection:
Goudini Mountain
Mountain behind (n of Goudini Spa). Burned 2016. Known for near endemic - Salvia thermarum, named after the hot spring. It also has red bird-pollinated plant.
Nodes
Lebeckia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:07pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 3:57pm
Collection:
Lachenalia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 3:53pm
Collection:
Micranthus tubulosus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:27pm
Collection:
Babiana
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:27pm
Collection:
Dimorphotheca
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:25pm
Collection:
Euphorbia tuberosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:23pm
Collection:
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:21pm
Collection:
Nemesia barbata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/08/2017 - 4:21pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Babiana
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
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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.
G
Corymbium
NE
9
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Short etymology:
Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
S
Cyphia bulbosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Description:
Glabrescent tuberous perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal but grading into the bracts, palmatisect, occ. palmatifid, margins lightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes, showy, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 8--13 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, 2 anthers bearded. Aug.--Nov., often after fire. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula).G
Diascia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
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Dimorphotheca
NE
4
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Short etymology:
Gk. di- = two; morphe = form; theke =a fruit (a case or container); referring to the two different forms of cypselae (fruit) produced by the ray and disk flowers: those of the ray flowers wingless, three-cornered; those of the disk flattened and two-winged.
S
Galaxia ovata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’
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Gladiolus
NE
1
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
La. gladiolus = a small sword; referring to the sword-like shape of the leaves.
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Heliophila
NE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; philein = to love. The plant likes a sunny position.
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Hemimeris
NE
12
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Short etymology:
Gk. hemi- = half; meros = a part or fragment; referring to the flower that is cut away on one side, that is, lacking a spur.
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Homeria
NE
2
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Gk. omereo = to meet together; referring to the filaments being united around the style.
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Kniphofia
NE
1
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
For Johann(es) Hieronymus Kniphof (1704–1763), German physician, lecturer, professor of medicine at the University of Erfurt (1737), becoming dean of the medical faculty (1747) and rector from 1661 until his death. Author of a folio of natureprinted illustrations of plants in 1733, followed by a significantly expanded second edition in 1747 and third edition in 1757–1759 containing 1 200 botanical images that were produced by a somewhat unique process, whereby dried plant specimens were coated with printer’s ink and pressed on paper, resulting in a silhouette effect. His book Botanica in Originali Seu Herbarium Vivum (1757–1764) was the first significant work to follow Linnaeus’s nomenclature.
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Lachenalia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
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Lebeckia
NE
20
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Named by Thunberg after an obscure botanist of whom we can find no trace.
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Lichtensteinia
NE
12
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Lichtensteinia (q.v.).
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