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Salvia dentata

Plant
Common names: Toothed sage (Eng.); bergsalie, blousalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... of the plants. The appellation dentata refers to this plant's toothed leaves, although they are variable. Salvia is ...

29/04/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Setaria megaphylla

Plant
Common names: ribbon grass, broad-leafed bristle grass
Family: Poaceae

... sow the seed is from December to February (midsummer). The plant genus name  Setaria  is derived from the Latin word ...

29/04/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Sterculia murex

Plant
Common names: lowveld chestnut(E), laeveld kastaiing (A) umbhaba (Swazi), mohlatsane (N Sotho)
Family: Malvaceae

... alexandri  is a very rare tree, a red data listed plant, only found in several isolated areas of the Eastern ...

01/07/2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Caputia oribiensis

Plant
Common names: Oribi Gorge caputia (Eng.); Oribi-tontelbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... the Cape of Good Hope (Nordenstam & Pelser 2012). The plant was first named Senecio oribiensis , by the author in ...

11/08/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Caputia pyramidata

Plant
Common names: tall caputia (Eng.); groot-tontelbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Latin name formerly applied to the Cape of Good Hope. This plant was first named by the well-known Swiss botanist ...

14/07/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pteronia stricta

Plant
Common names: kaatjiegert, kaatjiegertbossie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... Kew (Hortus Kewensis) a publication which listed all the plant species in cultivation at the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...

06/10/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Chaenostoma uncinatum

Plant
Common names: fineleaf skunkbush (Engl.); bosopslag (Afr.)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

... refers to the coarse gland-tipped hairs that cover the plant. Chaenostoma belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae in ...

25/05/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Cymbopogon caesius

Plant
Common names: common turpentine grass, broad-leaved turpentine grass (Eng.); lemoengras, buchugras (Afr.); iMbanjana (Ndebele); muWaa (Kalanga); Moshanyna-oa-marallaneng (SeSotho); imBubu, imBanjane (isiZulu).
Family: Poaceae

... word for, ‘bluish grey’, as of eyes, which means the plant as a whole or in part is bluish grey. The genus ...

22/06/2015 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Vepris carringtoniana

Plant
Common names: winged white-ironwood; coastal white-ironwood (Eng.); vlerksteelwitysterhout, kuswitysterhout (Afr.), umozane (isiZulu)
Family: Rutaceae

... botanist Alire Raffeneau Delile and pilosa is applied to plant species with long soft hairs. Vepris carringtoniana ...

24/08/2015 | | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Fabronia pilifera

Plant
Common names: hairy fabronia
Family: Fabroniaceae

... Cape Province by Johann Franz Drège, a professional plant collector (Glen & Germishuizen 2010). The specific ...

04/01/2016 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

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