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.
Nodes
Hesperantha coccinea
Satyrium
Albuca humilis
Galtonia viridiflora
Hesperantha baurii
Berkheya cirsiifolia
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Moraea trifida
Hesperantha baurii
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Taxonomy term
DIPSACACEAE
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Named after the genus of teazel, Dipsacus
Disa
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Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Disa cephalotes
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From the Greek ‘cephal’ / ‘kephale’ meaning ‘head’; and the Greek ‘otes’ / ‘????otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Disa fragrans
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From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’
Disperis
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Gk. dis = twice; pera = a pouch, sac; alluding to the pouches formed by the lateral sepals.
Drosera
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Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Erica
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Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Erica aestiva
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From the Latin aestivus = 'pertaining to summer'; generally referring to the flowering season.
Eucomis
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Gk. eukomes = beautifully-haired, from eu- = well; kome = hair of the head; referring to the crown of leaves atop the inflorescence.
Geranium
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L. Gk. geranos = a crane. The seed pod resembles a crane’s head and beak.
Hebenstretia
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For Johann Christian Hebenstreit (1720–1791), German physician and botanist. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig from 1740–1748 and practised in Naumburg before becoming professor of botany and natural history at the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg. In 1751 he became a personal physician to Count Kyrylo Rosumowskyj, the president of the academy, for two years and was stationed in the Ukraine before returning to Leipzig. In 1755 he accepted the position of professor of botany and natural history in St Petersburg, but deteriorating health forced him to return to Leipzig in 1961. Little is known of his life thereafter.
Hesperantha
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Gk. hesperos = evening; anthos = flower. Many flowers open late in the day, toward evening, Afrikaans aandblom = evening bloom/flower.