Otholobium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
13/03/2017 - 4:19pm
Collection:
Khamieskroon area and Khamiesberg
A quiet town in Namaqualand that is overlooked by the highest mountain in the Namaqualand region, the Khamiesberg. This mountain has a number of endemic species and receives considerable moisture. As a result many species that do not occur except further south than the Gifberg and Niewoudtville area, reoccur here on this renosterveld and fynbos island.
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Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2007 - 9:17am
Collection:
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
22/10/2009 - 1:27pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 6:43pm
Collection:
Moraea kamiesmontana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 2:43pm
Collection:
Oedera conferta
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 4:33pm
Collection:
Othonna retrofracta
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 4:39pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 4:57pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
14/06/2011 - 5:07pm
Collection:
Conophytum hyracis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
15/06/2011 - 2:19pm
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Taxonomy term
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Acanthopsis
NE
18
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Short etymology:
Gk. -opsis = resembling. Acanthosicyos (Cucurbitaceae) Welw. Ex Hook.f. Gk. akanthos = thorn; sikyos or sykios = wild cucumber; referring to the thorny cucumber or gourd such as the !Nara and the Gemsbok cucumber.
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Adromischus filicaulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fili = 'thread-like' and caulis = 'stem'; referring to a thin stem
Description:
Succulent perennial to 35 cm. Leaves ovoid. Flowers in a spicate cyme, greenish and red, cylindric, not grooved, lobes short and cuspidate, forming a frill, anthers shortly exserted. Nov.--Jan. Stony slopes, NW, KM (S Namibia through Worcester to Oudshoorn).
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Aloe
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
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Antimima
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. antimimos = imitating. The first species looked like Argyroderma.
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Antithrixia
NE
2
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Short etymology:
La. anti- = resembling; the genus Athrixia (q.v.); particularly the pappus, as commented by William Henry Harvey.
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APIACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
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Arctotis
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
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Arctotis canescens
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Short etymology:
From the Latin canescens = ‘becoming white’
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Aspalathus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
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Asparagus capensis
(Katdoring)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:
Erect spiny shrub to 1 m, stems brush-like, with spines in threes. Cladodes mostly 5 in clusters, sublinear, hairy. Flowers 1 or 2 on an apical disc, tepals and filaments spreading. Mainly Apr.--Aug. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to Transkei).G
Babiana
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
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Berkheya spinosissima
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Short etymology:
From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’ and issima = 'an intensifier', 'very'; i.e. very thorny
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Bolandia glabrifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin glaber = 'hairless', 'smooth' or 'bald' and folius = 'leaf'
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