Babiana odorata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 5:28pm
Collection:
Saron Area
Farming area arond the town of Saron to the west of the Limietberg and Winterhoek mountains in the Cape.
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Leucadendron stellare
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 5:24pm
Collection:
Babiana angustifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:58pm
Collection:
Sparaxis villosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:59pm
Collection:
Geissorhiza aspera
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:56pm
Collection:
Microloma
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:55pm
Collection:
Pelargonium senecioides
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:51pm
Collection:
Polycarena
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:50pm
Collection:
Diascia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:48pm
Collection:
Polygala
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 4:47pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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APIACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
S
Arctotis
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
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Babiana
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
F
Caryophyllaceae
NE
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘caryo’ / ‘karyos’ meaning ‘clove’; and the Latin ‘phyll’ / ‘phyllon’ meaning ‘leaf’.
G
Casuarina
NE
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Short etymology:
La. Casuarinus = a cassowary bird. The drooping branches of the tree are supposed to resemble the feathers of a cassowary.
G
Corymbium
NE
9
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Short etymology:
Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
G
Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
S
Cyphia bulbosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Description:
Glabrescent tuberous perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal but grading into the bracts, palmatisect, occ. palmatifid, margins lightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes, showy, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 8--13 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, 2 anthers bearded. Aug.--Nov., often after fire. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula).S
Cyphia crenata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin crenatus = ‘notched' or 'battlemented', like the wall of a castle
Description:
Twining tuberous perennial. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate, toothed, often shortly lobed below, usually ascending. Flowers 1--3 in the upper axils, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 9--11 mm long, calyx truncate below, divided almost to the base, the ovary c. superior, stamens 5--6 mm long, all anthers bearded. July--Sept. Sandy flats and slopes, often coastal, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula).G
Dianthus
NE
12
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Short etymology:
Gk. dios = godlike, divine; anthos = flower; probably referring to the scent.
G
Diascia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
S
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
(Bokbaaivygie)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘bellidi’ / ‘bellis’ meaning ‘a daisy genus’; and the Latin ‘formis’ / ‘formis’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Description:
Tufted annual. Leaves ligulate to spathulate. Flowers on pedicels to 25 mm long, red, yellow, salmon or white, 20--30 mm diam., petals longer than the sepals. Fruits with large or small closing bulge. Aug.--Sept. Mostly on sandy flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Stilbaai).G
Euphorbia
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
G
Gethyllis
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Possibly Gk. getheo = I rejoice; ullus = diminutive, but most sources say from gethyon = a bulb, onion or species of leek. The bulbs of this genus are somewhat similar to those of the leek.
G
Gladiolus
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. gladiolus = a small sword; referring to the sword-like shape of the leaves.
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