Piketberg
A montane island set in the lowlands of the Swartland, Piketberg has a number of endemics. The highest peak is Zebrakop at 1438m. The vegetation is threatened by traditional farming such as citrus, as well as rooibos and buchu farming. It is the home to Cape botanist Prof. Peter Linder who grew up in Piketberg and produced a herbarium for the Piketberg Mountains now based in a separate section in the Bolus Herbarium at the University of Cape Town. Peter Linder is a specialist in Restionaceae and has published much on origins of the flora of South Africa.
Nodes
Leucadendron
Brabejum stellatifolium
Serruria pedunculata
Serruria pedunculata
Protea laurifolia
Leucospermum calligerum
Protea laurifolia
Leucospermum calligerum
Protea laurifolia
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Taxonomy term
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.
Protea acaulos
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From the Latin a = ‘without’ and caulis = ‘stem' or 'stalk’; i.e. it is without stem
Protea nitida
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From the Latin nitidus = 'shining' or 'bright'
Protea repens
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From the Latin repens = ‘creeping’
Protea scabra
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From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough'
Serruria
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For Joseph (Josephus) Serrurier (1663–1742), Dutch physician, philosopher, mathematician, botanist and physicist. He studied at the University of Utrecht, obtaining an MA degree in 1690 and qualifying as a doctor of medicine on the same day. During his career at Utrecht, he became professor of philosophy and mathematics (1705), professor of botany and medicine (1716), and the university’s rector on three occasions. Among his works, he authored an extensive treatise on experimental physics, Physicae Experimentis Innixae Compendiosa Tractatio (1700), a commemorative volume on Adrianus Reland, orientalist, linguist and physicist; and created a new hortus botanicus, which he modelled on the University of Leiden’s widely acclaimed botanical garden designed by Herman Boerhaave.