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.
Nodes
Protea mundii
Serruria rubricaulis
Protea longifolia
Mimetes cucullatus
Protea compacta
Protea neriifolia
Serruria rubricaulis
Protea compacta
Serruria bolusii
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Taxonomy term
Ixia micrandra
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From the Latin micrandra = 'small anthers'
Leptospermum laevigatum
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From the Latin laevigatus = ‘smooth’
Shrub or small tree to 8 m with bark shedding in strips. Leaves oblanceolate, leathery, glaucous. Flowers mostly paired in the axils, white. July--Oct. Australian weed of coastal sands, NW, SW, AP, SE (Australian weed, Elandsbaai to Port Elizabeth).
Leucadendron salicifolium
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From the botanical name for a Willow, Salix, and the Latin folius = 'leaf'
Leucadendron spissifolium
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From the Latin ‘spissi’ / ‘spissus’ meaning ‘thick or dense’; and the Latin ‘folium’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Leucospermum
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Gk. leukos = white; sperma = seed. The tree has white seeds.
Leucospermum heterophyllum
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From the Greek heteros = ‘the other of the two’; and the Greek phyllon = ‘leaf’.
Leucospermum truncatulum
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From truncata = 'squarely cut-off'
Liparia splendens
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From the Latin splendere = ‘splendid’, 'gleaming', 'shiny', 'gleaming', glittering', 'radiant' or 'resplendent'