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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 1:53pm
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Soetmuisberg
An east-west range of mountains in the Agulhas / Overberg region between the towns of Elim and Napier/Bredasdorp. Much of hte land is held within a conservancy, but is threatened by alien infestations of both pine, Leptospermum laevigatum and wattle. A botanical survey was done by Ross Turner in 2007 which he rediscovered Erica recurvata, only known from a plate published in Andrew's Heathery in 1845.
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Leucospermum calligerum
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 11:12am
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Leucadendron gandogeri
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 2:40pm
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Leucadendron xanthoconus
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 11:01am
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Protea susannae
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 11:05am
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Leucospermum patersonii
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 4:48pm
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Leucospermum patersonii
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 4:46pm
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Protea repens
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 4:42pm
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Leucadendron tinctum
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 3:35pm
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Leucospermum cordifolium
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/07/2018 - 3:34pm
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Taxonomy term
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Amphithalea
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. amphi = around; thallos = a green stalk; hence flowering all around the stem.
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Aspalathus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
S
Asparagus capensis
(Katdoring)2
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Description:
Erect spiny shrub to 1 m, stems brush-like, with spines in threes. Cladodes mostly 5 in clusters, sublinear, hairy. Flowers 1 or 2 on an apical disc, tepals and filaments spreading. Mainly Apr.--Aug. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to Transkei).S
Aulax umbellata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin umbellatus meaning ‘equipped with parasols’. This typically refers to an umbellate arrangement of flowers.
S
Banksia ericifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘erici’ / ‘erica’ meaning ‘heath’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
S
Banksia integrifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin integri = 'entire' and folius = 'leaves'. i.e. The plant having entire leaves, meaning having a smooth margin without indentations or serrations, lobes or undulations.
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Chrysocoma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. chrysos = gold; kome = hair, locks; referring to the golden terminal heads.
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Cliffortia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
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Cotyledon
NE
15
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Short etymology:
Gk. kotyledon = seed leaf, from kotyle = cup, bowl; referring to the bowl- or spoon-shape of the broad seed leaves.
S
Cotyledon orbiculata
(Kouterie)5
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘orbiculata’ / ‘orbiculata’ meaning ‘made into an orb’
Description:
Succulent shrublet to 1 m. Leaves obovate to narrowly ovoid, sometimes velvety, with a grey bloom. Flowers several in a stout, pedunculate cyme, nodding, reddish, filaments hairy below. Sept.--Dec. Sandy or stony soils in scrub, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namibia and western South Africa).S
Crassula rupestris
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Short etymology:
From the Latin rupestris = ‘associated with caves or rocks’
Description:
Much branched shrublet to 50 cm. Leaves opposite, ovate to lanceolate, margins horny, red or yellow. Flowers in pedunculate, rounded clusters, tubular, whitish tinged pink. June--Oct. Dry stony slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Namibia to E Cape).S
Disa obliqua
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Short etymology:
From the Latin obliquus meaning ‘slanting sideways’
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Disperis capensis
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Description:
Tuberous geophyte with softly hairy stem to 50 cm. Leaves 2, suberect, lanceolate. Flower 1, green and magenta or cream, sepals conspicuously tailed, lip limb curled downwards, lanceolate, warty, rostellum arms tightly coiled. July--Sept. Sandstone seeps, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Pakhuis Mts to Grahamstown).G
Elegia
NE
8
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Short etymology:
Gk. elegeia, elegia = song of lamentation; possibly referring to the sound restios make while they are moving in the breeze.
S
Elegia hookeriana
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Short etymology:
From the English ‘hookeri’ / ‘Hooker’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
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