Overberg Region
The southernmost portion of Africa, south of the Langeberg mountains and east of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, and west of the Garden Route. It is a highly transformed landscape with only remnants of renosterveld (<4%) remaining.
Nodes
Polhillia pallens
Acmadenia macropetala
Polhillia curtisiae
MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE
Clutia govaertsii
Eriospermum
Haworthia heidelbergensis
Muraltia
Liparia striata
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Taxonomy term
Asteraceae
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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.
Athanasia quinquedentata
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from Latin quinque = 'five' and dentata = 'toothed'
Aulax
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From the Greek aulax, a furrow, for doubtful reasons. The leaves of A. cancellata are inconspicuously channelled, while some of the floral parts are microscopically grooved.
Berkheya
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Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
Berzelia
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For Jons Jacob Belzelius (1779-1848), renowned Swedish chemist who discovered many elements and developed a chemical 'shorthand' using symbols for elements.
Brachysiphon
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Gk. brachys = short; siphon = tube; referring to the floral tube, which is short.
Brunia
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For Alexander Brown (f 1692–1698), a naval surgeon and plant collector who worked for the East India Company around 1690 and collected in India, the Cape, Spain and Arabia, etc. sending specimens to Plukenet (1641–1706), an English botanist, royal professor of botany and gardener to Queen Mary; James Petiver (c 1665–1718) a London apothecary; Jacob Bobart (c 1665–1718) in Oxford and to Charles du Bois (1656–1740), an English merchant and botanist, treasurer of the East India Company. He amassed a vast herbarium of East Indian plants. No further details are known.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.