Senecio pterophorus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:55pm
Collection:
Wynberg Park
A piece of land owned by the City of Cape Town. Managed as a park it is regularly mowed. It includes records of some highly rare species that have not been seen in recent years. It is in desperate need of management for biodiversity including implementing an aided fire regime to stimulate remnant seeds. See Wynberg Hill for the surrounds.
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Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:51pm
Collection:
Muraltia ericoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:34pm
Collection:
Diospyros glabra
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:32pm
Collection:
Phytolacca dioica
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:31pm
Collection:
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:30pm
Collection:
Ficinia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:21pm
Collection:
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:12pm
Collection:
Satyrium odorum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:56pm
Collection:
Psoralea pinnata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:56pm
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Taxonomy term
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Cyperus
NE
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Short etymology:
La. cuperos, Gk. kypeiros = sedge or rush. The genus name for rush or sedge.
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Cyphia bulbosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Description:
Glabrescent tuberous perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal but grading into the bracts, palmatisect, occ. palmatifid, margins lightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes, showy, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 8--13 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, 2 anthers bearded. Aug.--Nov., often after fire. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula).S
Cyphia bulbosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Description:
Glabrescent tuberous perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal but grading into the bracts, palmatisect, occ. palmatifid, margins lightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes, showy, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 8--13 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, 2 anthers bearded. Aug.--Nov., often after fire. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula).G
Disa
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
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Disa
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
S
Emex australis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to Southern Cape, Southern Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.
Description:
Monoecious annual to 30 cm with sprawling to prostrate branches. Leaves long-petiolate, hastate. Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish. Fruits spiny. Sept--Oct. Sandy and stony flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, SE (Namaqualand and NW Province, Lambert's Bay to Uitenhage).S
Emex australis
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to Southern Cape, Southern Africa or the Southern Hemisphere.
Description:
Monoecious annual to 30 cm with sprawling to prostrate branches. Leaves long-petiolate, hastate. Flowers in axillary clusters, greenish. Fruits spiny. Sept--Oct. Sandy and stony flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, SE (Namaqualand and NW Province, Lambert's Bay to Uitenhage).
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Euphorbia
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
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Euphorbia
NE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
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Euphorbia
NE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
F
FABACEAE
NE
20
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Faba, Latin, a bean.
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