Piketberg Range
An mountain island range separated and to the west of the Cedarberg. It has a number of endemic species and varieties as a result of it's isolation. The range is predominantly sandstone.
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Drosera cistiflora
Hermannia
Hermannia multiflora
Hermannia saccifera
Leucadendron glaberrimum
Hermannia
Leucadendron glaberrimum
Hermannia scabra
Hermannia confusa
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Taxonomy term
Hermannia scabra
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From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough'
Hermannia tomentosa
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From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly'
Iridaceae
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Iris = rainbow in Latin and Greek; Iris was also the Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods.
Lachenalia
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For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Lampranthus
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Gk. lampros = bright, shining; anthos = flower; referring to the light reflecting off the glossy petals.
Leucadendron glaberrimum
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From the Latin glaberrimus = 'bald' or 'smooth'
Leucadendron pubescens
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From the Latin pubescens meaning ‘downy’ with short soft hairs
Lycium
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Gk. lykion = name of a thorny bush/tree from Lycia in Asia Minor (Turkey) (Lycien, near Xanthos, ancient Anatolia), where the plant grows.
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Oscularia
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La. osculum = small mouth; aria = possessing; from the fanciful likeness of the toothed leaves.
Othonna
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Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Oxalis
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From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
Pelargonium
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Gk. pelargos = a stork; referring to the beak of the fruit which resembles a stork’s bill (cf Geranium, Erodium).