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.
Nodes
Drimia filifolia
Elegia recta
Moraea lugubris
Erica imbricata
Reptilia
Gladiolus undulatus
Psoralea laxa
Erica imbricata
Wahlenbergia capensis
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Taxonomy term
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.
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Restio
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La. restis = rope, cord-like; referring to a common use for the plant. Restios is known to have been used for rope.
Rhus lucida
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From the Latin lucidus = 'shiny' or 'glossy'
Dioecious, evergreen shrub to 3 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, obovate to spatulate, shiny. Flowers yellow. Drupes round, shiny. Aug.--Oct. Sandy flats and slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Citrusdal to Zimbabwe).
Romulea rosea
(Rooiknikkertjie){"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
From the Latin roseus = ‘rose-coloured’ or 'red'
Rubus
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Old name; also from ruber = red; referring to the colour of the fruit of some species. Latin name for brambles.
Rubus
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Old name; also from ruber = red; referring to the colour of the fruit of some species. Latin name for brambles.
Rumex
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The Latin name for culinary sorrel, as used by Pliny the Elder, probably derived from rumo = to suck or I suck; alluding to the practice among Romans of sucking the leaves to allay thirst.
Selago
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Celtic. sel = sight; jach = salutary, beneficial; referring to its supposed medicinal properties, especially for diseases of the eyes. Another source suggests the derivation is Greek, selagh = flashing. (Allusion unknown.)
Serruria
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For Joseph (Josephus) Serrurier (1663–1742), Dutch physician, philosopher, mathematician, botanist and physicist. He studied at the University of Utrecht, obtaining an MA degree in 1690 and qualifying as a doctor of medicine on the same day. During his career at Utrecht, he became professor of philosophy and mathematics (1705), professor of botany and medicine (1716), and the university’s rector on three occasions. Among his works, he authored an extensive treatise on experimental physics, Physicae Experimentis Innixae Compendiosa Tractatio (1700), a commemorative volume on Adrianus Reland, orientalist, linguist and physicist; and created a new hortus botanicus, which he modelled on the University of Leiden’s widely acclaimed botanical garden designed by Herman Boerhaave.
Serruria
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For Joseph (Josephus) Serrurier (1663–1742), Dutch physician, philosopher, mathematician, botanist and physicist. He studied at the University of Utrecht, obtaining an MA degree in 1690 and qualifying as a doctor of medicine on the same day. During his career at Utrecht, he became professor of philosophy and mathematics (1705), professor of botany and medicine (1716), and the university’s rector on three occasions. Among his works, he authored an extensive treatise on experimental physics, Physicae Experimentis Innixae Compendiosa Tractatio (1700), a commemorative volume on Adrianus Reland, orientalist, linguist and physicist; and created a new hortus botanicus, which he modelled on the University of Leiden’s widely acclaimed botanical garden designed by Herman Boerhaave.
Sesbania punicea
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From the Latin punicus meaning 'scarlet'