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Dais cotinifolia

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

Gnidia denudata

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

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

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

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

Lasiosiphon deserticola

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

Family: Thymelaeaceae

21 / 10 / 2019 | Odwa Obose | Compton Herbarium

Lasiosiphon kraussianus

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

Lasiosiphon rigidus

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

Lasiosiphon triplinervis

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

Passerina corymbosa

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

Family: Thymelaeaceae

27 / 11 / 2006 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Passerina ericoides

Common names: Christmas berry (Eng.); dronkbessie (Afr.)

Family: Thymelaeaceae

18 / 10 / 2004 | Christien Bredenkamp | Pretoria NBG

Passerina filiformis subsp. filiformis

Common names: bakkerbos (Afr.)

Family: Thymelaeaceae

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

Struthiola argentea

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

Struthiola ciliata

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

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