Leucadendron macowanii
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/02/2020 - 6:37pm
Collection:
Tokai Forest Reserve
This is a remnant lowland fragment in Cape Town with some rare species relegated mainly to this site.
Is private:
Public
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Erica verticillata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/02/2020 - 6:33pm
Collection:
Erica verticillata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/02/2020 - 6:33pm
Collection:
Rafnia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/02/2020 - 6:23pm
Collection:
Lobelia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/02/2020 - 6:21pm
Collection:
Pseudoselago
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
16/04/2012 - 11:31pm
Collection:
Aspalathus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
16/04/2012 - 11:26pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
16/04/2012 - 11:23pm
Collection:
Caesia contorta
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
16/04/2012 - 11:11pm
Collection:
Bulbine
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
16/04/2012 - 11:06pm
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Taxonomy term
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Manulea
NE
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Short etymology:
La. manus = a hand, plus diminutive; referring to the corolla’s finger-like divisions – the appearance of the five spreading (upright) corolla lobes.
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Oenothera parviflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
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Polycarena
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. poly- = many; karenon = head. The inflorescence consists of numerous small heads of flowers.
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Pseudoselago
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. pseudo- = false, resembling but not the real Selago (q.v.). Looks like Selago whose seeds are tapered on both ends compared with Pseudoselago only at one end; also Pseudoselago has a yellow-orange patch inside the flower which is not present in Selago.
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Rafnia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For Carl (Karl) Gottlob Rafn (1769–1808), Danish civil servant, botanist and science writer. He studied medicine and botany at the University of Copenhagen in 1788, and later veterinary science, but did not take the exams. He had a range of jobs such as an agriculture assessor and director of a distillery, but his main interests were natural history and science. He authored or co-authored a range of publications, including the Flora of Denmarks and Holstein, a book on plant physiology (1798), a paper on animal hibernation with JD Herholdt, and a book on life-saving measures for drowning persons. He became a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences in 1798.
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Struthiola striata
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Short etymology:
striped, from Latin striatus 'provided with channels or grooves'
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Trachyandra brachypoda
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Short etymology:
From the Greek brachy = 'short' and poda = 'foot'
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Tripteris
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. tri- = three; pteron = wing; referring to the fruits that are three-winged, so are easily dispersed by wind.
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