Groot Toren
A mountain top on the Riviersonderend mountains.
Nodes
Pseudoselago
Trachyandra montana
Oxalis polyphylla
Agathosma
Muraltia ericifolia
Arctotis rosea
Phylica stenantha
Serruria
Viola decumbens
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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.
Agathosma parviflora
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From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Anaxeton
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Gk. anaxein = to polish; alluding to the shiny upper surface of the leaves.
Anaxeton asperum
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From the Latin asper = 'rough'
Arctotis rosea
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From the Latin roseus = ‘rose-coloured’ or 'red'
Capeochloa cincta
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From the Latin cincta / cinctus meaning ‘girdled’ or 'encircled'
Centella
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Gk. kentron = a spur or sharp point; -ella = diminutive; probably alluding to the small, pointed styles.
Euryops
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Gk. eurys = large or broad; ops = eye or face; referring to the large showy capitula or flower head.
Gladiolus
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La. gladiolus = a small sword; referring to the sword-like shape of the leaves.
Leucospermum
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Gk. leukos = white; sperma = seed. The tree has white seeds.
Melasma scabrum
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From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough'
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Muraltia ericifolia
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From the Latin ‘erici’ / ‘erica’ meaning ‘heath’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Neesenbeckia
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For Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776–1858), German botanist, plant collector, physician and professor of botany at Erlangen (1817), Bonn (1818–1830) and Breslau (1831). He was a prolific author in numerous fields and described about 7 000 plant species, almost as many as Linnaeus. His special interest was fungi. In later life he became involved in radical politics and became president of the workers’ union in conflict with the government, resulting in him losing his professorship and pension. His resulting poverty forced him to sell his library and herbarium of some 80 000 sheets to pay off debts. He was president of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, and his last act was to admit Charles Darwin as a member.
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