Kenilworth Racecourse
An actively managed private nature reserve owned by Kenilworth Racing with a management agreement between City of Cape Town Nature Conservation and CapeNature Conservation. It hosts over 300 plant species, 34 of which are threatened & one of which is only found within the reserve. The main threats to biodiversity are incidental mismanagement and aliens including kikuyu grass.
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Plecostachys serpyllifolia
Sarcocornia capensis
Erica subdivaricata
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Diospyros glabra
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Gladiolus undulatus
Morella cordifolia
Bulbine favosa
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Taxonomy term
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).
Persicaria
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La. persicum = peach; -aria = pertaining to; referring to the leaves, which resemble Persica (q.v.).
Persicaria
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La. persicum = peach; -aria = pertaining to; referring to the leaves, which resemble Persica (q.v.).
Phylica
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Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Phylica
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Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.
Phytolacca
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Gk. phyton = plant; Hindi lakh = dye. The fruits stain badly. The juice of the fruit is crimson red because the plant contains betalain – red nitrogenous pigments found in certain plants, such as beetroot.
Phytolacca americana
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From America
Phytolacca americana
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From America
Plecostachys
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Gk. pleko, plekein = to twist or plait; stachys = spike; alluding to its tangled growth habit and the shape of its inflorescence.
Poaceae
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Named after the genus Poa. Poa is Greek for grass.
Pseudoselago
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Gk. pseudo- = false, resembling but not the real Selago (q.v.). Looks like Selago whose seeds are tapered on both ends compared with Pseudoselago only at one end; also Pseudoselago has a yellow-orange patch inside the flower which is not present in Selago.
Pseudoselago
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Gk. pseudo- = false, resembling but not the real Selago (q.v.). Looks like Selago whose seeds are tapered on both ends compared with Pseudoselago only at one end; also Pseudoselago has a yellow-orange patch inside the flower which is not present in Selago.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.