Androcymbium striatum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 2:09pm
Collection:
Tiffindell Ski Resort
Situated on the border of South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho on the highest mountain range in South Africa, Tiffindell is home to many special plant species.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Eumorphia prostrata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:27pm
Collection:
Ursinia montana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:23pm
Collection:
Berkheya purpurea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:20pm
Collection:
Euphorbia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:14pm
Collection:
Wurmbea elatior
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:14pm
Collection:
Dierama robustum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 1:13pm
Collection:
Malachite Sunbird
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 12:59pm
Collection:
Senecio macrospermus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 12:49pm
Collection:
Valeriana capensis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
18/01/2012 - 12:42pm
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Taxonomy term
G
Aloe
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
S
Androcymbium striatum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘striatum’ / ‘striatus’ meaning ‘striped’
F
Asteraceae
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
G
Athrixia
NE
19
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Short etymology:
Name possibly from the Greek ather, an awn, alluding to the fine awnlike tips of the involucral bracts.
G
Corycium
NE
17
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Short etymology:
Gk. korys = helmet or helmet-like structure; korykion, diminutive of korykos = leather bag. The uppermost three tepals of this coarse, globose flower converge and touch, but not fused together into a hood (shape).
S
Crassula setulosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin setulosus = 'slightly bristly'
G
Delosperma
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Gk. delos = visible, open, transparent; sperma = seed; referring to seeds that are easily visible as they are in an unenclosed chamber of the capsule which has no covering membrane.
G
Erica
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
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.
S
Euphorbia clavarioides
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Short etymology:
From the Latin clava meaning 'club' and -iioides meaning 'like'.
F
FABACEAE
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Faba, Latin, a bean.
S
Gazania krebsiana
(Rooigazania)5
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Short etymology:
From the German ‘krebsiana’ / ‘Krebs’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
Description:
Tufted acaulescent perennial to 20 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate or pinnatisect, white felted below, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, yellow to orange, inner bracts acute. Mainly Sept.--Jan. Roadsides, flats or lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (throughout southern Africa to Tanzania).S
Gladiolus longicollis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin longus = 'long' and collis = 'neck' or 'collar'
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 35--60 cm, tunics woody. Leaves terete and 4-grooved. Flowers long-tubed, brown to cream with brownish speckling, fragrant in the evening. Sept.--Oct. Sandstone slopes, KM, SE (Oudtshoorn to N Province).G
Helichrysum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; chrysos = gold; referring to the bright yellow flowerheads of many of the flowers of species in this genus.
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