Leucadendron salicifolium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 1:50pm
Collection:
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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Public
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Hakea gibbosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 1:19pm
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Protea aspera
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 1:09pm
Collection:
Serruria bolusii
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 12:53pm
Collection:
Banksia integrifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 12:44pm
Collection:
Leucadendron gandogeri
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 11:31am
Collection:
Hakea gibbosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 11:15am
Collection:
Leucadendron spissifolium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 11:00am
Collection:
Leucadendron xanthoconus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 10:55am
Collection:
Serruria elongata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
08/07/2018 - 10:52am
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Protea susannae
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Short etymology:
Named after the collector Susanna Muir.
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Restio
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. restis = rope, cord-like; referring to a common use for the plant. Restios is known to have been used for rope.
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Roepera sessilifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin sessilis = 'sitting' and folius = 'leaf'; meaning the leaf sits directly on the stem without a stalk
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Serruria
NE
20
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Short etymology:
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.
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Serruria bolusii
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Short etymology:
Named after renowned botanist, businessman, artist and philanthropist, Harry Bolus (1834-1911) after whom the Bolus Herbarium of UCT is named. Five genera are named after him and over 100 species. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bolus
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Serruria elongata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin elongatus = ‘elongated’
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Serruria rubricaulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin rubra = ‘red’ and caulis = 'stem'
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Sickmannia radiata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin radiatus = ‘radiating’
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