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.
Nodes
Cliffortia crenata
Heliophila
Montinia caryophyllacea
Eriocephalus
Agathosma
Syncarpha
Helichrysum
Chrysocoma ciliata
Psammotropha quadrangularis
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Taxonomy term
Syncarpha
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Gk. syn- = together; karphos = a dry stalk, scale; possibly referring to the dry bracts that are united into a cone-like structure.
Todea
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For Heinrich Julius Tode (1733–1797), German Lutheran theologian, mycologist, cantata lyricist, poet, song writer and architect. He studied theology in Göttingen from 1757–1761, worked as a minister in Mecklenburg, and was appointed to several administrative positions in the council of the church and in the administration of the city. From 1765 to 1768, he was the draftsman and architect responsible for building St Trinity Church in Warlitz, wrote many lieder and cantatas, and the text for Rosetti’s oratorio Jesus in Gethsemane, formulated new principles for mycological classification, and published Fungi Mecklenburgenses Selecti (Selected Fungi from Mecklenburg) (1790–1791) with copper engraved illustrations of excellent quality.
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