Dodonaea angustifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
27/09/2015 - 1:26pm
Collection:
Bushmans Kloof Wilderness Reserve
This is a nature reserve nestled in the foothills of the Cederberg Mountains. Their "ecological oasis provides a magical wilderness experience among open plains, sandstone formations and ancient bush art sites dating back 10,000 years". There are 130 San rockart sites, 150 birds, 750 plant and 35 mammal species recorded from this area declared a Natural Heritage site.
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Sebaea
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
26/09/2015 - 1:10pm
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Aristea singularis
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
26/09/2015 - 12:52pm
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Senecio tortuosus
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
26/09/2015 - 12:33pm
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Erica caffra
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
26/09/2015 - 12:31pm
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Cydonia oblonga
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/09/2015 - 4:42pm
Collection:
Protea glabra
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/09/2015 - 1:51pm
Collection:
Freylinia lanceolata
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/09/2015 - 12:45pm
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Rosenia
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Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/09/2015 - 12:37pm
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Metrosideros angustifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
25/09/2015 - 12:34pm
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Taxonomy term
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Adromischus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. adros = thick; miskhos = a stalk; referring to the thick stalks of the species.
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Albuca
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
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Anacampseros
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. anakampto = to cause the return of; eros = love. The plant was supposed to be able to restore love.
S
Arctotis
NE
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Short etymology:
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.
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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.
F
Campanulaceae
NE
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Short etymology:
From the Latin campanula, little bell; "bell-flower".
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Chrysocoma
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. chrysos = gold; kome = hair, locks; referring to the golden terminal heads.
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Conophytum
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. konos = cone; phytum = plant; alluding to the inverted cone shape of the plant.
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Cotula
NE
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Short etymology:
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’.
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Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
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Dodonaea
NE
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Short etymology:
For Rembert Dodoens (or Rembertus Dodonaeus) (1517–1585), Flemish physician and herbalist. He studied medicine, cosmography and geography at the University of Leuven, worked mainly as a physician, but was court physician to the Austrian emperor Rudolph II in Vienna from 1575–1578 and professor of medicine at Leiden University in 1582. He was a prolific writer and one of the foremost botanists of his day, with 12 major publications to his name. Dodoens’s Cruydeboeck, a reference book about herbs with 715 images (1554), was the most translated book of that time after the Bible. It was translated into French, English and Latin, and became a work of worldwide renown used as a reference book for two centuries.
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Dodonaea
NE
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Short etymology:
For Rembert Dodoens (or Rembertus Dodonaeus) (1517–1585), Flemish physician and herbalist. He studied medicine, cosmography and geography at the University of Leuven, worked mainly as a physician, but was court physician to the Austrian emperor Rudolph II in Vienna from 1575–1578 and professor of medicine at Leiden University in 1582. He was a prolific writer and one of the foremost botanists of his day, with 12 major publications to his name. Dodoens’s Cruydeboeck, a reference book about herbs with 715 images (1554), was the most translated book of that time after the Bible. It was translated into French, English and Latin, and became a work of worldwide renown used as a reference book for two centuries.
S
Dodonaea angustifolia
(Sand Olive)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’; and folius = ‘leaf’.
Description:
Dioecious small tree to 5(--10) m. Leaves linear-oblanceolate, resinous. Flowers in small, rounded axillary and terminal panicles, greenish-yellow. Fruits winged. July--Oct. Riverine thicket and rocky outcrops, NW, SW, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Stellenbosch through Little Karoo to tropical Africa).Pages
