
Monument, Matjiesfontein
A small fragment of land near Matjiesfontein with some interesting plant species.
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Cotyledon orbiculata

Zygophyllum pygmaeum

Tylecodon wallichii

Crassula umbella

Kniphofia sarmentosa

Androcymbium

Crassula

Ixia latifolia

Trachyandra revoluta
Taxonomy term
Androcymbium
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Gk. andro- = male (in botanical language, stamen); kymbium = cup or saucer (La. cymba). The petal limbs enfold the stamens. Common names ‘men-in-a-boat’, ‘cup-and-saucer’.
Brunsvigia
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For Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (1713–1780), also known as Charles I or Karl I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, able military commander, ruler of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1773, patron of the arts and sciences who promoted the study of plants, including the beautiful Cape species B. orientalis. He also founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education, which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. The name Brunswick is the Latin translation of Braunschweig, a town in Germany that was a sovereign duchy of northern Germany between the 1st and 19th centuries.
Cheiridopsis cigarettifera
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Cleretum papulosum
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From the Latin ‘papulosum’ / ‘pappulosus’ meaning ‘invested with hairy seeds’
Cotyledon orbiculata
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From the Latin ‘orbiculata’ / ‘orbiculata’ meaning ‘made into an orb’
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Heliophila pusilla
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From the Latin pusillus = 'very small' or 'tiny'
Ixia
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Ancient Gk. Ixia = a Linnaeus-derived name for a plant noted for the variability of its flower colour or Gk. ixos = mistletoe (viscum), birdlime; referring to the viscous sap (WPU Jackson).
Ixia latifolia
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From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Phyllobolus
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Gk. phyllon = leaf; bolos = throwing; referring to the deciduous shedding of leaves by some species.
Ruschia
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For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), Namibian farmer, businessman and plant collector. He came to South-West Africa (Namibia) in 1890, where he grew succulent plants and later established a nursery at Lichtenstein, near Windhoek, Namibia. He and his son Ernst Franz Rusch Jnr (1897–1964) made many collecting trips together. He was one of the founders of Windhoek, and was given freedom of the city on his 60th birthday.
Spiloxene serrata
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From the Latin serratus = ‘serrated’ or 'saw-toothed'. Each tooth is angled more on one side than the other (forward pointing) as compared with dentate which is equally angled on both sides forming triangular teeth.
Tylecodon wallichii
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Named after Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), a Danish botanist and physician who extensively worked in India and made significant contributions to the study of Indian plants.
