Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Grootbos is "A luxury eco-reserve close to the Southern tip of Africa tucked between mountains, forest and the sea." In the 2500 ha of fynbos, Grootbos boasts 800 plant species, 100 endangered species and 6 species discovered within the reserve.
It is a five star lodge and the only private reserve in South Africa to have produced its own comprehensive photographic field guide of plant species. It is at the cutting edge of research and is to be commended on its conservation and scientific initiatives.
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Drimia media
Athanasia quinquedentata
Holothrix schlechteriana
Colpoon speciosum
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Taxonomy term
Melasma scabrum
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From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough'
Mesembryanthemum canaliculatum
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From the Latin canaliculatus = ‘channelled’; i.e. bearing a groove or furrow-shaped
Monopsis debilis
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From the Latin debilis meaning 'weak' or ‘fragile’
Moraea fugax
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From the Latin ‘fugax’ / ‘fugax’ meaning ‘fleeting’
Moraea lewisiae
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From the English ‘lewisiae’ / ‘Lewis’ meaning ‘commemorating the botanist of this name’
Muraltia filiformis
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From the Latin fili / filum meaning ‘thread’; and the Latin formis / formis meaning ‘in the form of’.
Muraltia satureioides
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From the Latin ‘saturei’ / ‘satureia’ meaning ‘the pot-herb cunila’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Muraltia spinosa
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From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’
Nemesia diffusa
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From the Latin diffusus = ‘widespread’, 'spreading' or 'diffuse'
Notobubon ferulaceum
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From the Latin ‘ferulaceum’ / ‘ferulaceus’ meaning ‘resembling fennel’
Ornithogalum juncifolium
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From the Latin junus = 'rush' and folius = 'leaves'
Orobanche ramosa
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From the Latin ramosus meaning ‘branched’ or 'full of branches'. Can refer to either a branched plant or a branched inflorescence.
Oxalis pes-caprae
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From the Latin ‘pes’ / ‘pes’ meaning ‘foot’; and the Latin ‘caprae’ / ‘capra’ meaning a ‘she-goat’. The leaves resemble a goat's spoor.
Oxalis polyphylla
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From Latin poly = 'many' and phyllon = 'leaf'. It may also refer to a leaf divided into many leaflets.