Witwatersrand region
This is a region in pre-apartheid South Africa centred in the southern central Transvaal incorporating Johannesburg and Pretoria. It comprises the Magaliesberg, Pilanesberg and the Witwatersrand mountain rainges. It extends south to the Vaal river and north to the Pilanesberg. Of the 750 tree species to be found in the Transvaal, more than 160 are found in this region.
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Euclea crispa
Clerodendrum glabrum
Tetradenia brevispicata
Osyris lanceolata
Rhoicissus revoilii
Gardenia volkensii
Salix mucronata
Leucosidea sericea
Ziziphus mucronata
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Taxonomy term
Faurea saligna
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From the Latin ‘saligna’ / ‘salignus’ meaning ‘relating to willows’
Grewia flava
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From the Latin flavus = 'yellow' or 'golden'
Grewia monticola
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From the Latin mons = 'mountain' and cola = 'dweller'; ‘a mountain-dweller’
Indigofera acutisepala
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From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' and sepala = 'sepal'
Maerua cafra
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From the Latin ‘afra’ / ‘africanus’ meaning ‘relating to Africa’
Maytenus tenuispina
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From the Latin tenuis = ‘fine / thin / slender’ and -spina = 'spine'; meaning very slender spines
Mimusops zeyheri
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Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
Nuxia congesta
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From the Latin congestus = 'congested' or 'crowded together'
Obetia tenax
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Typically refers to tenax = 'sticky' (Latin), though may mean strong or tough (tenacious).
Ochna pretoriensis
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From the city of Pretoria in South Africa