Cotyledon orbiculata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/06/2021 - 1:48pm
Collection:
West Coast Municipal District (DC1)
This is a broad mainly lowland municipal region of the Cape (Code DC1) that extends from the coast north of Cape Town to Namaqualand. It includes many of the the mountains of the Cedarberg, Piketberg and a portion of the Roggeveld escarpment. It extends north till the borderline with the Northern Cape - between Garies and Bitterfontein and in line with Lepelfontein near the coast. The West Coast lowlands region is a far smaller region that excludes the Cedarberg mountains and ends further south around Van Rhynsdorp.
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Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 12:12pm
Collection:
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Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 12:01pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:56am
Collection:
Aspalathus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:53am
Collection:
Corycium deflexum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:51am
Collection:
Cyanella alba
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:49am
Collection:
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Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:44am
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:38am
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
08/09/2016 - 11:41am
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Taxonomy term
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Agathosma capensis
(Cape Buchu)
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
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Agathosma imbricata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin imbricatus meaning ‘overlapping / tiled’
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Aizoon
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.
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Albuca
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
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Albuca acuminata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin acuminatus = ‘tapering to a point’
Description:
Bulbous geophyte, 20--30 cm, bulb scales becoming fibrous above. Leaves several, channelled, slender, clasping below. Flowers yellow to green with green keels, outer stamens sterile. Sept.--Oct. Deep sands, NW, SW, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Mossel Bay).S
Albuca altissima
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Short etymology:
From the Latim 'altissimus' meaning high; referring to the height of the plant.
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Albuca cooperi
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
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Albuca fragrans
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’
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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.
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Aloe distans
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Short etymology:
From the Latin distans = 'distant' meaning 'separate' or 'different'
Description:
Like A. mitriformis but smaller, with leaves to 15 S
Aloe mitriformis
(Kransaalwyn)
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Short etymology:
Description:
Sprawling, often branched succulent with stems 1--2 m. Leaves narrowly ovate, dark green at most sparsely speckled with white, margins coarsely toothed. Flowers in capitate, branched racemes, nodding, scarlet. Dec.--Feb. Rocky slopes and cliffs, NW, SW (Bokkeveld Mts to Kleinmond).U
Anthospermum spathulatum subsp. spathulatum
LC
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Short etymology:
From Latin spatula 'a flat piece' typically referring to flat leaves
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APOCYNACEAE
NE
1
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Short etymology:
From the genus Apocynum ("dogbane"), from the Greek apokynon, from apo-, away from, kynon, a dog; i.e. poisonous to dogs.
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