
Witwatersrand region
This is a region in pre-apartheid South Africa centred in the southern central Transvaal incorporating Johannesburg and Pretoria. It comprises the Magaliesberg, Pilanesberg and the Witwatersrand mountain rainges. It extends south to the Vaal river and north to the Pilanesberg. Of the 750 tree species to be found in the Transvaal, more than 160 are found in this region.
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Gladiolus cataractarum

Indigofera acutisepala

Rhus leptodictya

Gerbera ambigua

Babiana hypogea

Crassula globularioides

Erythrophysa transvaalensis

Ozoroa paniculosa

Dichrostachys cinerea
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Taxonomy term
Acacia burkei
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Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
Acacia erubescens
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From the Latin erubescens = 'redden' or 'blush'
Acalypha glabrata
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From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Bequaertiodendron magalismontanum
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Coming from the Magaliesberg mountains in Gauteng
Berchemia zeyheri
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Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
Berkheya zeyheri subsp. zeyheri
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Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
Boscia foetida
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From the Latin 'foetidus' meaing foul smelling
Bridelia mollis
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From Latin mollis meaning 'soft', 'mild' or 'weak'.
Buddleja saligna
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From the Latin ‘saligna’ / ‘salignus’ meaning ‘relating to willows’
Canthium suberosum
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From the Latin sub- = 'less than' or 'somewhat' and erosum = 'irregularly toothed' or 'gnawed'; typically referring to the leaf margin
Cassine burkeana
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Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
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