Wolseley Commonage
A lowland remant on the urban fringe comprising important fynbos and renosterveld vegetation. It is situated to the NE of the town of Wolseley in the Tulbagh Valley between Tulbagh to the North and Ceres to the SE.
Nodes
Drosanthemum
Crossyne
Lichtensteinia
Gorteria personata
Oedera
Iridaceae
Satyrium erectum
Hermannia multiflora
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Taxonomy term
Agathosma
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Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
Aizoon
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Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.
APIACEAE
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Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
Arctopus
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Gk. arktos = a bear; pous = a foot. Linnaeus thought the leaf of this species resembled a bear’s paw.
Arctotis
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Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
Aristea
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From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
Babiana
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Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
Cleretum
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Gk. kleros = fate, chance, lot (as in ‘drawing lots’); -etum = the place dominated by a given plant. In early Sparta public land was apportioned to citizens by drawing lots, with the best land given to those who, by chance, drew a winning lot.
Cotula
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Probably Gk. kotule = a little cup or hollow-shaped receptacle; referring to the shape of the involucre or of the flower head. Another source says ‘or the concave base of the stem clasping leaves’.
Crossyne
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Derivation obscure. Gk. krossos = fimbria; ynis = vomer (a ploughshare); by implication, throwing out from the earth something with a fimbriate leaf margin (Kesting).
Cyphia
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Gk. kyphos = bent; referring to the shape of the style and stigma.
Cyphia bulbosa
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From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Drosanthemum
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Gk. drosos = dew; anthemon = flower; referring to the glittering leaf papillae.
Drosera
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Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
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