Kouebokkeveld
Characterised by cold in the evening but hot at night, the Kouebokkeveld is a broad region that lies to the north of Ceres with the Skurweberg range along its west side and extending inland from there.
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Othonna
Diosma
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Oxalis
Oxalis comptonii
Othonna sp
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Taxonomy term
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.
Spatalla
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Gk. spatalos = wanton, riotous. A sexual allusion to the unusually large pollen presenters on so small a flower. Commonly known as ‘spoons’.
Tetraria
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Gk. tetra = four; -aria = concerning. The first described species had its floral parts in fours.
Tittmannia laxa
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From the Latin laxus = ‘loose’
Tritoniopsis parviflora
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From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Ursinia
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Named in honour of Johann Ursinus of Regensburg, the author of Arboretum Biblicum. Sphenogyne R.Br. is not considered separable.
Wimmerella
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For Elfrieda Franz Wimmer (1881–1961), an Austrian botanist, naturalist, teacher and Roman Catholic priest. From his early youth, he had an interest in insects and plants. He studied in Vienna and Graz, and taught at St George’s College in Constantinople. In 1907, he was ordained and became chaplain in Vienna. Later, he became director of the Elisabeth Hospital Sisters of Mercy in Vienna until his retirement in 1958. In his spare time, he travelled to Asia Minor. From 1943–1953, Wimmer contributed to the book Das Pflanzenreich (The Empire of Plants) by Adolf Engler, in particular for the Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae. In 1944, he was appointed correspondent of the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Wurmbea spicata
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From the Latin spicatus = ‘spiked’
Zyrphelis
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Possible misspelling of Zephyr, the mythological god of the west wind and lover of Flora.
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