Pentaschistis rigidissima
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Name of observer:
Jan Vlok (David)
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Date observed unknown
Klein Karoo
The Little Karoo is separated from the Great Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain range. Geographically, it is a 290 km long valley, only 40–60 km wide, formed by two parallel Cape Fold Mountain ranges, the Swartberg to the north, and the continuous Langeberg-Outeniqua range to the south. The northern strip of the valley, within 10–20 km from the foot of the Swartberg mountains is most un-karoo-like, in that it is a well watered area both from the rain, and the many streams that cascade down the mountain, or through narrow defiles in the Swartberg from the Great Karoo.
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Thamnochortus rigidus
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Rhodocoma capensis
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Juncus cephalotes
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Eragrostis capensis
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Name of observer:
Jan Vlok (David)
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Fuirena hirsuta
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Stipagrostis obtusa
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Aristida congesta
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Rhodocoma arida
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Juncus capensis
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Jan Vlok (David)
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Taxonomy term
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ACANTHACEAE
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Acanthus (Bear's breeches) of which Acanthus mollis is the best known and has been used as the aesthetic basis for capitals in the Corinthian order of architecture. Acanthus was the greek term for Acanthus mollis.
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Acrosanthes
NE
6
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Short etymology:
Gk. akros = at the tip, end; anthos = flower. The flowers appear, solitary, on a flower stalk.
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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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Adromischus cristatus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin cristata / cristatus meaning ‘tufted’, 'crested' or 'comb-like' as in resembling the comb on a chicken
Description:
Succulent perennial to 40 cm, with tufts of fine reddish aerial roots. Leaves obovoid-cuneate, undulate at the end, often glandular-hairy. Flowers in a spicate cyme, white, cylindric, grooved, lobes ovate, anthers included. Dec.--Mar. Stony slopes, SE (Uniondale to E Cape).S
Adromischus filicaulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fili = 'thread-like' and caulis = 'stem'; referring to a thin stem
Description:
Succulent perennial to 35 cm. Leaves ovoid. Flowers in a spicate cyme, greenish and red, cylindric, not grooved, lobes short and cuspidate, forming a frill, anthers shortly exserted. Nov.--Jan. Stony slopes, NW, KM (S Namibia through Worcester to Oudshoorn).S
Agrostis bergiana
1
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Short etymology:
In honor of Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818) German naturalist and apothecary who collected at Cape Town, South Africa
Description:
Annual or perennial to 75 cm. Leaves linear. Spikelets in a diffuse panicle, 1.5--2.5 mm long, pedicels 5--10 mm long. Oct.--Feb. Damp areas, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (Saldanha to Mpumalanga and St Helena).G
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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Albuca canadensis
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Short etymology:
Latin meaning from Canada
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Albuca crispa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy'
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Albuca suaveolens
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘suave’ = ‘pleasantly’; and the Latin ‘olens’ = ‘smelling’. i.e. pleasant smelling.
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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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Aloe comptonii
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Short etymology:
Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Description:
Stems erect or creeping, succulent, to 1 m. Leaves ascending, lanceolate, margins coarsely toothed. Flowers in capitate, branched racemes, nodding, scarlet. Aug.--Dec. Stony flats and slopes, KM, SE (Montagu to Uniondale and S Karoo).S
Aloe lineata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin lineatus = 'lined'
Description:
Single-stemmed shrub to 1.5 m, covered below with dry leaves. Leaves lanceolate, striate, green or yellowish green, margins coarsely toothed. Flowers nodding in conical racemes, salmon. Feb.--Mar. Karroid scrub, KM, LB, SE (Ladismith to Grahamstown).Pages
