Saron Area
Farming area arond the town of Saron to the west of the Limietberg and Winterhoek mountains in the Cape.
Nodes
Lachenalia
Gladiolus alatus
Hemimeris
Heliophila pusilla
Trachyandra
Psoralea
Euphorbia
Oxalis purpurea
Othonna pinnata
Pages
Taxonomy term
Heliophila pusilla
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From the Latin pusillus = 'very small' or 'tiny'
Hemimeris
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Gk. hemi- = half; meros = a part or fragment; referring to the flower that is cut away on one side, that is, lacking a spur.
Indigofera
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Indigo is derived from the La. indicus, Gk. indikos, referring to India; La. ferax = bearing. Indigo is blue dye (cf I. tinctoria).
Isoetes
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Gk. isos = the same, equal, identical; etos = the year (etas = green); referring to the ‘evergreen’ character of the plant; some of the species have the same look throughout the year.
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.
Lapeirousia
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For Philippe Isidore Picot, former Lord of Lapeyrouse (Lapeirouse), Baron de Bazus (1744–1818), French botanist, geologist, and mineralogist. He was professor of natural history at Toulouse University, first Dean of the Faculty of Science, Mayor of Toulouse (1800–1807) under Napoleon, Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of Toulouse (from 1811), and creator of the Natural History Museum. He explored the entire Pyrenees twice, the second time with Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801). He was the author of papers on public education, geology, the mines and agriculture, and of the work Histoire abrégée des plantes des Pyrénées et itinéraire des botanistes dans ces montagnes (Brief history of the plants from the Pyrenees and botanists’ routes in the mountains) (1818).
Lotononis
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Combination of the two generic names Lotus and Ononis, both of which are legumes.
Microloma
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Gk. mikros = very small; loma = edge or fringe; referring to the hairy corolla tube. The hairs are minute.
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.
Ornithoglossum
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Gk. ornithos = bird; glossa = tongue; referring to the narrow tepals.
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).
Phylica
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Gk. phyllikos = leafy; referring to the plentiful foliage.