Haarwegskloof Renosterveld Reserve
The largest intact remnant of renosterveld in the world. >500ha (2016). It is owned by WWF, and managed by the Overberg Renosterveld Conservation Trust. At least ten new species as of 2016. NW of De Hoop.
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Relhania
Leucadendron coriaceum
Helichrysum
Lichtensteinia latifolia
Berkheya
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Felicia
Hermannia
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Taxonomy term
Mesembryanthemum
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Gk. mesos = in the middle, between; embryon = fruit (embryo); anthemon = flower. The flowers need mid-day sunshine to open.
Mesembryanthemum
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Gk. mesos = in the middle, between; embryon = fruit (embryo); anthemon = flower. The flowers need mid-day sunshine to open.
Monadenia bracteata
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From the Latin bracteatus = 'gilt', 'gilded', 'covered with a thin veneer of gold', 'shining like gold', but may also refer to having bracts.
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Moraea lewisiae
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From the English ‘lewisiae’ / ‘Lewis’ meaning ‘commemorating the botanist of this name’
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Nerine
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For Nerine, in Greek mythology a sea-nymph or nereid, daughter of Doris and Nereus, and granddaughter of Oceanus and Tethys. The Nereids were meant to protect sailors and their ships. Common name ‘Guernsey lily’. In 1820, William Herbert named this indigenous South African plant Nerine (previously Imhofia), when a ship carrying boxes of the bulbs of this species was shipwrecked on Guernsey. The boxes were washed ashore, and flowers grew around the coast, hence the common name.
Notobubon
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Gk. noto- = of Southern (African) origin; Bubon (q.v.). This genus was once part of the Bubon genus.
Notobubon
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Gk. noto- = of Southern (African) origin; Bubon (q.v.). This genus was once part of the Bubon genus.
Notobubon ferulaceum
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From the Latin ‘ferulaceum’ / ‘ferulaceus’ meaning ‘resembling fennel’
Notobubon striatum
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From the Latin ‘striatum’ / ‘striatus’ meaning ‘striped’