Jonkershoek NR
Nestled at the eastern end of Stellenbosch, Jonkershoek is a pine plantation with a fantastic diversity of native plants. There are many stunning walks and rare plant species from the reserve.
Nodes
Thereianthus
Petrorhagia prolifera
Gerbera
Brabejum
Otholobium parviflorum
Pelargonium triste
Hermannia hyssopifolia
Aspalathus
Otholobium
Pages
Taxonomy term
Drimia
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. drimys = acrid, pungent; referring to the sap which is considered irritating or even toxic in many species.
Drosera
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Drosera
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Erica
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Euphorbia
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Euryops
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Gk. eurys = large or broad; ops = eye or face; referring to the large showy capitula or flower head.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
FABACEAE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Faba, Latin, a bean.
Gerbera
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
For Traugott Gerber (1710–1743), German medical doctor, naturalist and explorer. He registered as a medical student at the University of Leipzig in 1730 and obtained a doctorate for his thesis, De Thoracibus, in 1735. Between 1739 and 1741 he led several expeditions on the Don and Volga rivers to search for medicinal plants and herbs and served as curator of the oldest (medical-pharmaceutical) botanical garden in Moscow from 1735–1742. He served in the Russian army in Finland in 1742. He was the author of Dissertationem Physicam de Plantarum Transpiratione and was a close friend of Swedish botanist Linnaeus, who published the genus Gerbera in 1758. Some sources also include his brother Fr. Gerber, who collected plants in the West Indies, in the commemoration.
Gerbera
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
For Traugott Gerber (1710–1743), German medical doctor, naturalist and explorer. He registered as a medical student at the University of Leipzig in 1730 and obtained a doctorate for his thesis, De Thoracibus, in 1735. Between 1739 and 1741 he led several expeditions on the Don and Volga rivers to search for medicinal plants and herbs and served as curator of the oldest (medical-pharmaceutical) botanical garden in Moscow from 1735–1742. He served in the Russian army in Finland in 1742. He was the author of Dissertationem Physicam de Plantarum Transpiratione and was a close friend of Swedish botanist Linnaeus, who published the genus Gerbera in 1758. Some sources also include his brother Fr. Gerber, who collected plants in the West Indies, in the commemoration.
Gerbera
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
For Traugott Gerber (1710–1743), German medical doctor, naturalist and explorer. He registered as a medical student at the University of Leipzig in 1730 and obtained a doctorate for his thesis, De Thoracibus, in 1735. Between 1739 and 1741 he led several expeditions on the Don and Volga rivers to search for medicinal plants and herbs and served as curator of the oldest (medical-pharmaceutical) botanical garden in Moscow from 1735–1742. He served in the Russian army in Finland in 1742. He was the author of Dissertationem Physicam de Plantarum Transpiratione and was a close friend of Swedish botanist Linnaeus, who published the genus Gerbera in 1758. Some sources also include his brother Fr. Gerber, who collected plants in the West Indies, in the commemoration.