Hesperantha baurii
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 12:02pm
Collection:
Lesotho
The Kingdom of Lesotho is rich in culture and in species diversity. Many endemics occur there because it is the heart of the Drakensberg mountains - the highest mountains in South Africa. It also has some of the biggest dams in the area that feed much of Johannesburg with water.
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Nodes
Berkheya rosulata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 12:02pm
Collection:
Lotononis pulchella
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 11:39am
Collection:
Asteraceae
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
12/02/2008 - 5:11pm
Collection:
Arctotis arctotoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
12/02/2008 - 5:10pm
Collection:
Helichrysum montanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
12/02/2008 - 5:04pm
Collection:
Craterocapsa congesta
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
12/02/2008 - 5:05pm
Collection:
Monsonia emarginata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 4:55pm
Collection:
Eucomis autumnalis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 4:53pm
Collection:
Moraea brevistyla
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
13/02/2008 - 4:19pm
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Taxonomy term
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Agapanthus
NE
15
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Short etymology:
Gk. agapē = love; anthos = flower. Derivation unknown. Agapeo means ‘to be contented with’. Perhaps the author, L’Héritier, was expressing his pleasure, i.e. ‘flower with which I am well pleased’.
S
Agapanthus campanulatus
20
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Short etymology:
From the Latin campanularis = 'bell shaped'; referring to the flower shape
G
Albuca
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
S
Albuca fastigiata
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Short etymology:
From Latin fastigatus = an 'apex' or 'summit'; referring either to the organism narrowing towards the top; having upright usually clustered branches; or to the organism occurring on a summit.
G
Alepidea
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. a- = without; lepis = a scale. Speculatively, meaning free of sap-sucking insects.
S
Aloe polyphylla
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Short etymology:
From Latin poly = 'many' and phyllon = 'leaf'. It may also refer to a leaf divided into many leaflets.
F
Asteraceae
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
G
Berkheya
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
G
Brownleea
NE
8
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Short etymology:
For Rev. John Brownlee (1791–1871), British botanist who was a gardener, theologian, Xhosa linguist and missionary in South Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in 1817 and established a mission station on the site that would become King William’s Town. He was a well regarded botanist and had an extensive garden of local plants, and sent local specimens to William Henry Harvey, an Irish botanist who came out to South Africa in 1835 and who wrote Flora Capensis.
S
Brownleea galpinii
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Short etymology:
Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
S
Cotula sp
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Short etymology:
Description:
Grey-velvety sprawling perennial to 30 cm, with persistent creeping rhizome. Leaves opposite, crowded below, clasping at the base with long petioles, palmately bipinnatisect. Flower heads discoid, solitary on elongate, glabrous, naked peduncles, yellow. Nov.--Jan. Sandstone slopes and ridges above 1000 m, NW (Cold Bokkeveld).G
Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
G
Crocosmia
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Gk. krokos = saffron; osme = smell; referring to the scent of the dried flowers when immersed in water. Krokos probably of Semitic origin (e.g. Arabic kurkum).
G
Dierama
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. diorama = a funnel; alluding to the shape of the perianth.
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