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Dais cotinifolia

Dais cotinifolia at Kirstenbosch
Common names: pompon tree, pincushion tree (Eng.), kannabas, speldekussing, basboom (Afr.), intozani (Xhosa); intozwane-emnyama (Zulu)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... Kannabas . This is a typical characteristic of the family Thymelaeaceae to which Dais belongs. Eve Palmer notes in her ...

25 / 12 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Struthiola myrsinites

Struthiola myrsinites
Common names: Juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

09 / 12 / 2002 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG
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Gnidia squarrosa

Gnidia squarrosa
Common names: saffron bush (Eng.); aandbossie, juffertjie-roer-by-die nag (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... tropical and southern Africa. The fibre-bark/gonna family, Thymelaeaceae, is a cosmopolitan family of ± 50 genera and ... if it comes off in a long strip then it is very likely Thymelaeaceae. Gnidia squarrosa  has attractive, ...

02 / 08 / 2004 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Passerina ericoides

Passerina ericoides growing near Cape Town
Common names: Christmas berry (Eng.); dronkbessie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

18 / 10 / 2004 | Christien Bredenkamp | Pretoria NBG
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Passerina filiformis subsp. filiformis

Close up of flowers
Common names: bakkerbos (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

25 / 10 / 2004 | Christien Bredenkamp | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Lasiosiphon triplinervis

Heads of flowers
Common names: None recorded
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... snakebite. It even used as a broom. Members of the family Thymelaeaceae have tough bark which strips easily and is used ...

02 / 01 / 2006 | S Khanyile | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Struthiola ciliata

Flowers
Common names: evening gonna, lax gonna, the lady that passes by in the night (Eng.); stroopbossie, juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag, aandgonna, slapgonna (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... a corruption of the Koisan name for several members of the Thymelaeaceae (Smith 1966). The genus Struthiola is derived ...

24 / 07 / 2006 | Tsepang Makholela | Pretoria NBG
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Passerina corymbosa

Flowers
Common names: gonna bush (Eng.); gonnabos, bakkerbos (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

27 / 11 / 2006 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Struthiola argentea

Flowering stem
Common names: roemenaggie, aandgonna, slapgonna, slapaand (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... not listed as threatened. The fibre bark or gonna family, Thymelaeaceae, includes genera such as Gnidia, Passerina, ...

13 / 08 / 2007 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Lasiosiphon kraussianus

Gnidia kraussiana.  Image Geoff Nichols
Common names: yellow heads (English); harige gifbossie (Afr.); isidikili, imfuzane, umsilawengwe (isiZulu); umarhedeni (isiXhosa)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

31 / 12 / 2013 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gnidia denudata

Inflorescence
Common names: furry saffron bush (Eng.); saffraan (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... growing 2–4 m high, with a spread of 3 m. Like any other Thymelaeaceae species, G. denudata has a smooth and slender ... or out into the garden. Gnidia is the largest genus in the Thymelaeaceae family, with 140 species in southern Africa, ... of this genus, whereas, like any other species of the Thymelaeaceae, the fibrous bark of G. denudata has been ...

02 / 02 / 2015 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Lachnaea densiflora

Lachnaea densiflora
Common names: blushing mountain carnation (Eng.); bergangelier (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... is endemic to the Cape Floristic Region. It belongs to the Thymelaeaceae, a medium-sized family comprising about 50 ... for this specific species, but the  fibre bark family, Thymelaeaceae including genera such as Gnidia, Passerina and ...

15 / 06 / 2015 | Nosiphelele Patricia Mapukata | Harold Porter NBG
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Lasiosiphon rigidus

Lasiosiphon rigidus (John Manning)
Common names: none recorded
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... techniques that have been used in cultivating members of Thymelaeaceae can be used in cultivation of Lasiosiphon . It ...

23 / 10 / 2017 | Refilwe Kolokoto | Compton Herbarium
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Struthiola striata

Struthiola striata
Common names: roemenaggie, katstertjie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

15 / 01 / 2018 | Thuli Makhoba | Compton Herbarium
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Lasiosiphon deserticola

Lasiosiphon deserticola 
Common names: saffron curryflower (Eng.); saffraan, saffraanbos, verfbossie, hotnotsverfbossie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

21 / 10 / 2019 | Odwa Obose | Compton Herbarium
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Synaptolepis oliveriana

Synaptolepis oliveriana
Common names: chalk-stick root (Eng); uvuma omhlophe (isiZulu)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... Tropical Africa (1868–1877). Synaptolepis belongs to the Thymelaeaceae, commonly known as the fibre-bark or gonna ...

13 / 09 / 2021 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Struthiola tomentosa

Struthiola tomentosa
Common names: woolly capespray, woolly featherhead (Eng.); veertjie, juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag, roemenaggie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

25 / 10 / 2021 | Thuli Makhoba | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Gnidia pinifolia

Gnidia pinifolia
Common names: pine-leaved saffron-bush, needle capesaffron (Eng.), aandbossie, juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag (Afr.).
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... the renowned largest genus in the sub-cosmopolitan family, Thymelaeaceae. Gnidia pinifolia has showy, conspicuous, white ...

07 / 02 / 2022 | Nomfusi Ntsobi | CREW
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Struthiola dodecandra

Struthiola dodecandra
Common names: sweet gonna, pink featherhead (Eng.); soetgonna, katstertjie, heuningblommetjie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... twine. Struthiola dodecandra is a species in the family Thymelaeaceae, native to South Africa. The genus Struthiola ... the Khoikhoi and San people, like many other plants in the Thymelaeaceae. In the garden Struthiola dodecandra can be ...

22 / 01 / 2024 | Caroline Marima | Harold Porter NBG
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