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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Berchemia zeyheri
Rhoicissus revoilii
Vepris undulata
Grewia flavescens
Grewia flava
Schotia brachypetala
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Scolopia zeyheri
Lopholaena coriifolia
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Taxonomy term
Chaetacme aristata
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From the Laitn 'aristatus' meaning with an awn a fine bristle.
Chionanthus foveolatus subsp. foveolatus
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From the Latin foveolatus = ‘marked with depressions’
Clerodendrum glabrum
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From the Latin glabra meaning ‘smooth’
Cliffortia linearifolia
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From the Latin 'linea' meaning line and 'folia' meaning leaf, implies straight narrow line-like leaves
Combretum imberbe
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From the Latin imberbus = 'beardless'
Commiphora schimperi
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Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1856-1901), scientist who made inroads in histology, ecology and plant geography. He was professor of Geology and director of the National History Museum Strassburg.
Diospyros lycioides subsp. guerkei
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Diospyros lycioides subsp. lycioides
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Dovyalis 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.
Elephantorrhiza burkei
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Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840.
Erythrophysa transvaalensis
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From the former Transvaal Province of South Africa; now Gauteng Province. Trans meaning 'across', and vaal refers to the Vaal River, it being on the far side of the river from the Cape.