Notobubon gummiferum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 10:35am
Collection:
Langeberg - southern arm
The major east-west trending mountain range of the Southern Cape. It extends from Montagu in the west petering out towards the east near Mossel Bay. It forms the boundary between the Agulhas Plain and the Overberg in the south, and the Klein Karoo in the north. Major conservation areas include Marloth Nature Reserve and Grootvadersbosch Nature Reserve.
Four major passes cross the Langeberg: Cogmanskloof Pass lies in the west between Montagu and Ashton; Tradouws Pass links Barrydale with Swellendam; Garcias Pass links Ladismith and Riversdale; and Cloetes Pass links Ladismith with Mossel Bay.
Floristically it is extremely rich with many endemics, particularly it is a hotspot for the Peneaceae. A PhD study was undertaken at the University of Cape Town by botanist David McDonald, who uncovered many rare and new species and wrote a thesis entitled 'Phytogeography, endemism and diversity of the fynbos of the southern Langeberg'.
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Geissorhiza inconspicua
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 5:02pm
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Oxalis incarnata
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 4:40pm
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Mairia hirsuta
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 4:00pm
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Gladiolus
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 3:22pm
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Erica lanipes
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 2:31pm
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Klattia partita
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 1:00pm
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Untitled
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 12:57pm
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Lobelia
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 12:36pm
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Hippia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
21/10/2017 - 12:34pm
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Taxonomy term
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Agathosma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
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Alepidea capensis
1
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Description:
Slender tufted perennial to 40 cm. Leaves crowded at base, long-petiolate, oblong, with long incurving bristles. Flowers sessile in simple umbels, bracts white or pink. Mainly Nov.--Feb. Damp flats or lower slopes, KM, LB, SE (Swartberg and Langeberg Mts: Swellendam to KwaZulu-Natal).G
Aloe
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
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Aspalathus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
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Brunia schlechteri
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of the German Rudolf Schlecter (1872-1925) and his brother Max (1874-1960), renowned plant collectors from South Africa.
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Cliffortia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
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Cullumia aculeata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘aculeata’ / ‘aculeatus’ meaning ‘prickly’
Description:
Prickly, erect, densely leafy shrub to 1 m, often thinly cobwebby. Leaves ascending, oblanceolate, decurrent, margins revolute, bristly in two unequal rows, lightly pungent. Flower heads radiate, small, pale yellow, solitary at the branch tips, inner bracts unarmed. Mainly Sept.--Mar. Dry sandstone slopes, LB, SE (Langeberg Mts: Garcia's Pass to George).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 gladioliflora
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Short etymology:
Description:
Slender tuberous geophyte to 50 cm. Leaves dry at flowering, basal, linear. Flowers few in a lax raceme, white to pink, often with darker markings, spur slender, 6--14 mm long, lateral sepals oblong, 8--16 mm long, petals acute. Feb.--May. Sandstone slopes, KM, LB, SE (Swartberg to Tsitsikamma Mts).G
Elytropappus
NE
6
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Short etymology:
Gk. elytron = a sheath, covering; pappos = down, fluff; referring to the small cup-like rim around the base of the feathery pappus (Plantzafrica.com); a second source says referring to the fluffy bracts.
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Elytropappus aridus
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Description:
Glabrescent, reddish brown shrublet to 80 cm. Leaves ericoid with margins rolled upward, widely spaced, spreading and twisted. Flower heads discoid, few in terminal glomerules, pink to red, 2--4-flowered. Mainly Feb.--Apr. Rocky sandstone slopes, KM (Swartberg Mts).Pages
