Mountain Mist Private Nature Reserve - Aurora
Perched at the top of the Kapteinskop mountain, the Mountain Mist Guest Nature Reserve has beautiful high altitude restioid fynbos with a diversity of Proteaceae and other plants. Home to the the rodent pollinated Erica pudens and the Vulnerable Piketberg endemic, Leucadendron discolor. There are several caves with unusual rock paintings, a bush pool to swim in, spectacular views and accomodation for up to 18 people in four separate units. www.mountainmist.co.zaThe field guide is available at http://bit.ly/2uEoDZj
Nodes
Leucadendron discolor
Leucadendron loranthifolium
Serruria pedunculata
Erica
Knowltonia vesicatoria
Nemesia
Leucadendron discolor
Leucadendron spissifolium
Pteridophyta
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Taxonomy term
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.
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