Meiringspoort
The towering sandstone cliff walls and breathtaking rock formations of Meiringspoort lie on the N12 between Beaufort West and Oudtshoorn. The poort follows the natural gorge hewn by the Groot Rivier (big river) through the Swartberg range connecting, on either end, the towns of Klaarstroom and De Rust, or the Groot and Klein Karoo respectively. It is famous for its waterfall
Nodes
Searsia
Silene
Nemesia versicolor
Crassula pellucida
Albuca flaccida
Lachnostylis bilocularis
Phylica axillaris
Dioscorea hemicrypta
Bulbine meiringii
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Taxonomy term
Centella
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Gk. kentron = a spur or sharp point; -ella = diminutive; probably alluding to the small, pointed styles.
Chaenostoma
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Gk. khaino = gape, split, open; stoma = mouth; referring to the corolla tube, which opens widely.\
Chrysanthemoides
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Chrysanthemum (q.v.); Gk. -oides = resembling.
Cineraria
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La. cinereus = ash-coloured. Most species of this genus have leaves with an ashen-grey haircovering on at least the lower surface.
Cissampelos
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Gk. kissos = ivy; ampelos = vine. The plant scrambles like ivy and bears fleshy fruits like grapes.
Cliffortia
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For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
Clutia
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For Theodorus Augerius Clutius (Outgers Cluyt) (1577–1636), Dutch botanist, horticulturalist, beekeeper and pharmacist, eldest son of Dirck Outgaertszoon Cluyt (Clutius) (1550–1598) from Delft, an apothecary, curator of the Leiden botanical garden, and an authority on medicinal herbs. Outgers studied and worked with his father in the garden. After his father died he hoped to become his successor, but failed in the attempt. Thereafter, he studied at the University of Montpellier for several years. Between 1602–1608 he travelled to France, Germany and Spain, and also, later, on three occasions to the desert of Barbary in North Africa to increase his knowledge and collect plants for the Leiden botanical garden. Leiden University rewarded him handsomely for his efforts. On his return to the Netherlands (1618), he worked as a physician and during that time worked hard to promote the Amsterdam Hortus Botanicus where he obtained a job against strong opposition. Herman Boerhaave honoured Outgers (and his father) by naming Clutia pulchella after them.
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Crassula arborescens
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from the Latin arborēscō (“become a tree”).
Crassula muscosa
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From the Latin ‘muscosa’ / ‘muscosus’ meaning ‘mossy’
Crassula pellucida
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From the Latin pellucidus = 'translucent'
CUCURBITACEAE
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Cucurbita, Latin name for a gourd.
Curio
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La. curio = lean, emaciated; referring to its appearance.
Cyphia
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Gk. kyphos = bent; referring to the shape of the style and stigma.