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Mimetes fimbriifolius
Plant... Mimetes fimbriifolius forms part of fynbos, a fire-adapted flora. The adult plants are re-seeders and hence unable to resprout from a rootstock. As such, they are killed by fire, and the survival of their fruit is essential for survival of the species. ...
Cyrtanthus leucanthus
PlantVathiswa Zikishe white fire lily (Eng.); witbergpypie (Afr.) CREW Perennial with an obovate bulb. ... and in both species flowering is stimulated by fire. In all other respects C. leucanthus is quite different from H. ... coastal lowlands. Most species in the genus are known to be fire-dependant. Cyrtanthus leucanthus is one of a particular group of ...
... by herbivores. When the proteas die or are killed by fire, the serotinous (retained) seed heads open and the seeds fall to the ... by insects and rodents, as well as being protected from fire. Only to be released after the fire has passed, thus the ideal time for ...
Trichodesma physaloides
Plant... drought, frost and fires. With sturdy, often very old, fire-resistant rootstocks and mass seed production by fire-stimulated flowering, these species are well-adapted to survive unfavourable conditions. Most examples of fire-stimulated flowering plants do flower in the absence of fire, but not as ...
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
PlantD Snijman fire lily; brandlelie (Afrikaans) Compton Herbarium Cyrtanthus ... inflorescence, which appears within two weeks after a summer fire, has a 100-200mm tall, hollow scape with a terminal cluster of 1-12 ... to enabling the plant to put forth flowers so promptly after fire. Aeropetes tulbaghia , the Table Mountain Pride butterfly, frequently ...
Erica irregularis
Plant... Erica irregularis occurs within the Fynbos Biome, a fire-driven system that requires regular burning for its persistence. Unlike re-sprouters that can regrow after a fire, sending out new shoots from large, underground rootstocks, E. ...
Erica cerinthoides
PlantAnthony Hitchcock fire erica, fire heath, red hairy heath, rooihaartjie, klipheide Kirstenbosch NBG ... of a few ericas that resprout from a woody rootstock after fire. The result is the production of clusters of lovely inflated, tubular, red ...
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Plant... smooth and glossy. Hypoxis hemerocallidea is fire-tolerant, and occurs widely in grassland where fire is part of the ecological regime. It is dormant during the fire season and ...
... in the process. This is known as myrmecochory. Fynbos is fire adapted and plants have developed different strategies to survive fires, ... resprouting. Liparia splendens is a resprouter. When a fire sweeps through a population the above ground parts are killed but it has a ...
Berzelia albiflora
Plant... and they are released after the parent plant is killed by fire. The garden at Kirstenbosch is not burnt, so the infructescence eventually ... germinate on their own, so although they are adapted to a fire-prone vegetation and germinate much better after a fire, they are not ...