Acmadenia macropetala
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 5:28pm
Collection:
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.
Nodes
Protea decurrens
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 5:16pm
Collection:
Acmadenia macropetala
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 5:13pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 5:10pm
Collection:
Trichodiadema gracile
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 5:08pm
Collection:
Oxalis zeekoevleyensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 4:52pm
Collection:
Bradypodion
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
03/08/2017 - 12:26am
Collection:
Yucca elephantipes
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 7:10pm
Collection:
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 7:00pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/08/2017 - 6:55pm
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Taxonomy term
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Clutia sp
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Description:
Like C. ericoides in leaf shape, but closely imbricate and spreading. Fruits subsessile, large and densely velvety. Probably June and July. Rocky slopes, SW (Bredasdorp).G
Corymbium
NE
9
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Short etymology:
Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
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Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
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Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
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Crassula atropurpurea
6
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Short etymology:
From the Latin atro = 'dark' and pupurea = 'purple'
Description:
Shrublet to 60 cm, branches fleshy to woody. Leaves opposite, oblanceolate to obovate, usually hariy and papillate, margins horny. Flowers in globular clusters forming elongate panicles, tubular, cream, c. 4 mm long. Oct.--Dec. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia and Karoo to Port Elizabeth).S
Crassula capensis
(Cape Snowdrop)2
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Description:
Tuberous geophyte,5--20 cm. Leaves opposite, in 2 or 3(4) pairs, the lower sub-petiolate, thin-textured, obovate to cuneate-suborbicular, crenate. Flowers in a pedunculate, subumbellate thyrse, star-shaped, white to pinkish, petals 3--8 mm long, squamae at least as broad as long. May--Nov. Damp slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB (Clanwilliam to Riversdale).G
Curio
NE
18
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Short etymology:
La. curio = lean, emaciated; referring to its appearance.
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Curio
NE
18
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Short etymology:
La. curio = lean, emaciated; referring to its appearance.
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Cynanchum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. kynos = a dog; anchein = to strangle or throttle. Some species of this genus are poisonous, and several species have climbers or twiners, hence the common name ‘dogbane’, a dog-strangling vine.
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Cyphia phyteuma
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘phyteuma’ / ‘phyteuma’ meaning ‘that which is planted’
Description:
Glabrescent tufted tuberous perennial to 40 cm. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, lightly toothed. Flowers in a scapose, spiralling spike-like raceme, subsessile, scape minutely bracteate, bilabiate, laterally slit, whitish to brown or mauve, 16--20 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, all anthers bearded. Sept.--Oct. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW, LB (Bokkeveld Mts to Riversdale).S
Cyphia phyteuma
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘phyteuma’ / ‘phyteuma’ meaning ‘that which is planted’
Description:
Glabrescent tufted tuberous perennial to 40 cm. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, lightly toothed. Flowers in a scapose, spiralling spike-like raceme, subsessile, scape minutely bracteate, bilabiate, laterally slit, whitish to brown or mauve, 16--20 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, all anthers bearded. Sept.--Oct. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW, LB (Bokkeveld Mts to Riversdale).Pages
