Transvaal
This is the evocative region of South Africa formerly known as the Transvaal. Named after being on the other (trans) side of the Vaal river from the Cape, it is fabled for its grassland, savanna and karroid (Karoo) vegetation. The post-apartheid government split this region into multiple provinces: Gauteng, North-West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The short-story writer and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman wrote many short stories set in the Groot Marico district of the Transvaal.
Nodes
Stoebe vulgaris
Solanum incanum
Striga elegans
Stapelia gigantea
Thunbergia neglecta
Setaria verticillata
Setaria
Vernonia sutherlandii
Tragus berteronianus
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Taxonomy term
Brachystelma barberae
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Named after naturalist, writer and painter Mrs F.W. Barber, or the pioneering plant collector in South Africa, Mary Elizabeth Barber (nee Bowker)
Brachystelma brevipedicellatum
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From the Latin brevis = "short" and pedicel = 'flower stalk'
Brachystelma pachypodium
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From the Greek pachys ‘thick’ and podos = ‘foot’, referring to the distinctive broad trunk base.
Brachystelma parvulum
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From the Latin parvulus = 'very small'
Brachystelma pygmaeum subsp. pygmaeum
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From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’
Brownleea coerulea
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From the Latin coeruleus = 'dark blue' or 'sky blue'
Bulbine capitata
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From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Burmannia madagascariensis
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From Madagascar
Caralluma lugardii
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Named after Maj. Edward James Lugard (1865-1944) or his brother Maj. Fredrick John Dealtry Lugard (1858-1945) who led an expedition across the Kalahari Desert to Lake Ngami in1896. In 1897-1899 James visited the same area collecting 374 species of which 92 were described as new.
Caralluma rogersii
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Named after Rev. William Moyle Rogers (1835-1920), clergyman and specialist on Rubus. He was brought to the Cape by Bishop Gray in 1860 and appointed vice-principal of Bishop's College (Bishops) in Cape Town. His holy orders stationed him at Riversdale from January - June 1860, at George from June 1860 - September 1862 and then briefly at Caledon from October 1862. His whole cape collection is stored at the British Museum.
Caralluma ubomboensis
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Ubombo, is a small town in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa about 17km north-east of Mkuze. It takes its name from the Lebombo Mountain range, on which it is situated. Derived from Zulu Lumbombo, ‘high mountain ridge’. The Zulu name for this village is Obonjeni, ‘on the big nose’, i.e. ‘ridge’