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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Taxonomy term
Oxalis corniculata
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From the Latin ‘corniculata’ / ‘corniculatus’ meaning ‘equipped with horns’
Pelargonium
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Gk. pelargos = a stork; referring to the beak of the fruit which resembles a stork’s bill (cf Geranium, Erodium).
Pentameris
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Gk. penta- = five; meros = a part; referring to the five-awned lemma.
Pentaschistis
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Gk. penta- = five; schistos = a cut, split, divide. The cleft lemma has five divisions.
Pentaschistis
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Gk. penta- = five; schistos = a cut, split, divide. The cleft lemma has five divisions.
Phoenix
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The Greek name used by Theophrastus for the date palm.
Phylica
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Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Physalis viscosa
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From the Latin viscosus = ‘sticky’
Picris echioides
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From the Greek echinus = 'sea-urchin' and -oides ='like, 'resembling'.
Podalyria
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For Podalirius (La.), from Podaleirios (Gk.), son of Asklepios, god of healing. He and his brother, Machaon were physicians to the Greek army during the Trojan wars, as described in the Iliad. The brothers’ great feat was the healing of the festering foot of Philoctetes, who was badly needed for his arrows, but whose fetid stench sorely disturbed the warriors. The flowers of this genus are strongly fragrant but not unpleasantly so, rather sweet-smelling.
Polhillia
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For Dr Roger Marcus Polhill (1937– ), botanist at Kew Gardens, authority on legumes, plant collector in the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Malawi, and editor of Flora of Tropical East Africa 1966–1997.
Polhillia
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For Dr Roger Marcus Polhill (1937– ), botanist at Kew Gardens, authority on legumes, plant collector in the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana and Malawi, and editor of Flora of Tropical East Africa 1966–1997.