Carpha glomerata
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/11/2014 - 12:02pm
Collection:
Guano Caves
A farm with an archaeological heritage that has one of the most enigmatic archaeological finds of South Africa. Multiple layers of black charcoal-like strata have been found together with human habitation in a cave, but it is unclear how they were made or what they are. The Max-Planck institute has been examining this and looking at phytoliths - ancient plant hairs and crystals that have survived in the sediment. As the name implies, there is guano in the caves that is caused by a sizeable colony of bats.
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Public
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Psoralea odoratissima
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
28/11/2014 - 11:31am
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Marchantia polymorpha
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 7:33pm
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Myrsine africana
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 3:13pm
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Crassula arborescens
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 2:46pm
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Poaceae
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 2:13pm
Collection:
Anthospermum spathulatum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 2:12pm
Collection:
Cliffortia ruscifolia
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 2:12pm
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Asteraceae
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 1:28pm
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Diospyros glabra
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/11/2014 - 12:55pm
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Taxonomy term
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Acacia mearnsii
(Black Wattle)
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Short etymology:
From the English ‘mearnsii’ / ‘Mearns’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
Description:
Tree to 15 m. Leaves bipinnate, dark green, with numerous raised glands on midvein. Flowers in globose heads, yellow. Pods flat, constricted between the seeds. Aug.--Nov. Watercourses, forests, roadsides, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Australian weed).G
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.
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Anthospermum spathulatum
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Short etymology:
From Latin spatula 'a flat piece' typically referring to flat leaves
Description:
Like A. aethiopicum but leaves decussate. June--Feb. Sandy soils, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).S
Aspalathus hirta
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Short etymology:
From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower'
Description:
Shrub, 0.8--2 m. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets needle-like or slightly angular, pungent. Flowers scattered, bright yellow, keel shortly hairy below, calyx shortly hairy, lobes needle-like. Sept.--Dec. Mountain fynbos, 250--700 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld to Kouga Mts).F
Asteraceae
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
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Athanasia parviflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
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Calpurnia aurea
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Short etymology:
From the Latin aureus = 'golden', typically referring to the flower colour.
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Carissa haematocarpa
(Karoo Num-Num)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek haematos = "blood" and karpos = "fruit". The fruit are red
Description:
Like C. bispinosa but corolla lobes 2 mm and fruits black. Jan.--Apr. Karooid scrub, NW, KM, SE (Worcester to Port Elizabeth, Karoo and S Namibia).G
Chaenostoma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. khaino = gape, split, open; stoma = mouth; referring to the corolla tube, which opens widely.\
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Cheilanthes
NE
13
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Short etymology:
Gk. keilo = lip; anthos = flower; referring to the liplike false indusium that covers the sporangia. The sorus is marginal in these ferns.
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Cineraria lobata
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Short etymology:
Description:
Like C. geifolia but glabrous and flower heads smaller. Mainly Nov.--Jan. Dry rocky slopes, KM, SE (Oudtshoorn to E Cape and Karoo).S
Cliffortia ruscifolia
(Steekbos)
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Short etymology:
With leaves resembling the genus Ruscus (Asparagaceae)
Description:
Monoecious or dioecious shrub to 1.5 m. Leaves simple, pungent, vegetative leaves oblong-lanceolate, channelled, sparsely hairy, 10--12 mm long, fertile leaves shorter, tridentate, densely hairy. Flowers: male: pedicel 1--2 mm long, stamens c. 12; female: receptacle 3--4 mm long, ovoid, brownish, sulcate. Aug.--Oct. Rocky sandstone soils, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Mts to Humansdorp).S
Crassula arborescens
(Jade Plant)
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Short etymology:
from the Latin arborēscō (“become a tree”).
Description:
Shrub occ. to 2 m. Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, obovate to orbicular, occ. with horny purplsih margin. Flowers in rounded, terminal clusters, stellate, cream tinged red, petals 7--10 mm long. Oct.--Dec. Rocky sandstone slopes, NW, KM, SE (S Namaqualand to E Cape).S
Crassula multiflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin multi meaning ‘many’; and the Latin flora meaning ‘flower’. i.e. it has abundant flowers
Description:
Shrublet to 80 cm, branching mainly above. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, margins with rounded cilia. Flowers many in flat-topped to rounded clusters on short peduncles, cream, sessile, tubular, petals c. 4 mm long. Dec.--Feb. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB (Keeromsberg to Langeberg and Swartberg Mts).S
Elytropappus rhinocerotis
(Renosterbos)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘rhinocer’ / ‘rhinoceros’ meaning ‘rhinoceros’; and the Greek ‘otis’ / ‘otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Description:
Thinly grey-woolly, viscid shrub to 2 m with short whip-like branches. Leaves scale-like, adpressed. Flower heads discoid, few at tips of lateral branches, purple, mostly 3-flowered. Feb.--Apr. Dry shale and sandstone slopes and flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to E Cape and Karoo).Pages
