Berkheya zeyheri subsp. zeyheri
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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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
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Indigofera acutisepala
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Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Rhus leptodictya
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Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Gerbera ambigua
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Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Babiana hypogea
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Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Crassula globularioides
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Name of observer:
Barbra Jeppe (David)
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Erythrophysa transvaalensis
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Ozoroa paniculosa
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Name of observer:
Joan van Gogh (David)
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Dichrostachys cinerea
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Joan van Gogh (David)
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Acacia burkei
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Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
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Acacia erubescens
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From the Latin erubescens = 'redden' or 'blush'
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Acalypha glabrata
(Bosvalsnetel)2
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From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Description:
Monoecious, scrambling shrub or tall tree to 5 m, bark velvety on the young parts. Leaves long petioled, ovate, toothed, finely hairy when young. Flowers in bisexual axillary spikes, female 1--2 at the base. Mainly Oct.--Dec. Forest and bush, often along streams, SE (Vanstaden's Mts to E Zimbabwe).S
Bequaertiodendron magalismontanum
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Coming from the Magaliesberg mountains in Gauteng
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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.
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Berkheya zeyheri subsp. zeyheri
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Short etymology:
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.
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Boscia foetida
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From the Latin 'foetidus' meaing foul smelling
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Bridelia mollis
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From Latin mollis meaning 'soft', 'mild' or 'weak'.
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Buddleja saligna
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From the Latin ‘saligna’ / ‘salignus’ meaning ‘relating to willows’
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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
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Cassine burkeana
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Short etymology:
Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
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