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Paranomus Bracteolaris Rebelo 3
''Paranomus'' is a genus of 18 species of flowering plants, commonly known as "sceptres", in the protea family. It is endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa. Distribution and habitat The species occur mainly in mountainous areas of the Western and Eastern Cape provinces from the Cederberg to Uitenhage, with the highest numbers found in the districts of Caledon, Worcester and Swellendam. They are often associated with fynbos habitats. Etymology The genus was named by English botanist Richard Anthony Salisbury from its unusual leaves, from the Greek ''para'' ("illegal" or "contrary"), and ''nomos'' ("custom" or "law"). It was subsequently renamed ''Nivenia'' by rival botanist Robert Brown to honour plant collector James Niven, but Salisbury's name has priority. They are commonly known as “sceptres” or “sceptre plants” for the shape of their inflorescences and after the first of the genus to be described, ''P. sceptrum-gustavianus'' – “King Gustav's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Abrotanifolius
''Paranomus abrotanifolius'', commonly known as the Bredasdorp sceptre, is a richly branching shrub to high, with bisexual flowers that can be found from May to December, that is assigned to the protea family. It does not survive the periodic wild fires that occur in the fynbos, where it occurs. It is pollinated by insects. The fruits are ripe and release the seeds about two months after flowering, and the seeds are collected by ants, which take them to their underground nests to feed on their elaiosomes, a behaviour known as myrmecochory. This ensures that the seeds do not burn, so new plants can grow from them. It is a rare endemic species that is only known from ten locations near the southern coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. It grows on weathered sandstone on the Potberg in De Hoop Nature Reserve and the Elim Flats. Description ''Paranomus abrotanifolius'' is a richly branching shrub that grows up to high, with branches covered with soft, weak, thin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate and rainy winters. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity and endemism, consisting of about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom, where nearly 6,000 of them are endemic. This land continues to face severe human-caused threats, but due to the many economic uses of the fynbos, conservation efforts are being made to help restore it. Overview and history The word fynbos is often confusingly said to mean "fine bush" in Afrikaans, as "bos" means "bush". Typical fynbos foliage is ericoid rather than fine. The term, in its pre-Afrikaans, Dutch form, ''fynbosch'', was recorded by N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Capitatus
''Paranomus capitatus'', the fine-leaf sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus '' Paranomus'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs in the Du Toits Mountains south of Du Toitskloof Pass to the northern slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains. The shrub grows up to 50 cm tall and flowers mainly from July to October. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollination takes place through the action of insects. The fruit ripens, two months after flowering, and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in mountainous sandstone fynbos at altitudes of 400 – 1500 m. In Afrikaans Afrikaans (, ) is a West Germanic language that evolved in the Dutch Cape Colony from the Dutch vernacular of Holland proper (i.e., the Hollandic dialect) used by Dutch, French, and German settlers and their enslaved people. Afrikaans g ..., it is kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Candicans
''Paranomus candicans'', the powder sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus '' Paranomus'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa. Description The shrub grows up to tall and flowers mainly from June to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollinated by insects. The fruit ripens, two months after flowering, and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. In Afrikaans, it is known as . Distribution and habitat The plant occurs in the Hex River Mountains up to the Langeberg The Langeberg Range is a mountain range in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its highest peak is Keeromsberg at 2,075 m that lies 15 km northeast of the town of Worcester. Some of the highest peaks of the range are located just to .... The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of . References External links * * * {{Taxonbar, from=Q15583712 candicans End ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Bracteolaris
''Paranomus bracteolaris'', the smooth-leaf tree sceptre or Bokkeveld sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus '' Paranomus'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and Northern Cape, South Africa. Description The shrub is monoecious and grows up to tall and flowers from August to October. The leaves are finely divided into acicular segments; they are hairy when they are young. The flowers are arranged in small clusters in veins at the tips of the branches. They are purple-pink and long. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, wh ... and pollinated by insects. The fruit ripens two months after the plant has flowered and the seeds fall to the ground where ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Bolusii
''Paranomus bolusii'', the Overberg sceptre or viking sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus '' Paranomus'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa. Description The shrub grows up to tall and flowers mainly from June to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, wh ... and pollinated by insects. The fruit ripens two months after the plant has flowered and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. In Afrikaans, it is known as . Distribution and habitat The plant occurs on the Groenlandberg, Riviersonderendberge, Babilonstoringberge and Kleinrivierberge, Caledon, Western Cape, Caledon, and the Swartberg. The plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paranomus Adiantifolius
''Paranomus adiantifolius'', the hairy-style sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus '' Paranomus'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa. Description The shrub grows tall and flowers mainly from September to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollinated by insects. The fruit ripens two months after flowering, and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. In Afrikaans, it is known as . Distribution and habitat The plant occurs at Wolfieskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains The Riviersonderend Mountains are a mountain range in the Cape Fold Belt of the Western Cape province of South Africa. They run east to west from Riviersonderend to Villiersdorp, separating the Breede River Valley from the Overberg region. They ..., Groenlandberg, and Houhoek. It grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of . References External links * * * adiantifo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serotiny
Serotiny in botany simply means 'following' or 'later'. In the case of serotinous flowers, it means flowers which grow following the growth of leaves, or even more simply, flowering later in the season than is customary with allied species. Having serotinous leaves is also possible, these follow the flowering. Serotiny is contrasted with coetany. Coetaneous flowers or leaves appear together with each other. In the case of serotinous fruit, the term is used in the more general sense of plants that release their seed over a long period of time, irrespective of whether release is spontaneous; in this sense the term is synonymous with bradyspory. In the case of certain Australian, South African or Californian plants which grow in areas subjected to regular wildfires, serotinous fruit can also mean an ecological adaptation exhibited by some seed plants, in which seed release occurs in response to an environmental trigger, rather than spontaneously at seed maturation. The most comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serruria
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *'' Serruria acrocarpa'' *''Serruria adscendens'' *''Serruria aemula'' *'' Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *''Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *'' Serruria candicans'' *''Serruria collina'' *'' Serruria confragosa'' *'' Serruria cyanoides'' *'' Serruria cygnea'' *'' Serruria decipiens'' *'' Serruria decumbens'' *'' Serruria deluvialis'' *'' Serruria dodii'' *'' Serruria effusa'' *'' Serruria elongata'' *'' Serruria fasciflora'' *'' Serruria flagellifolia'' *'' Serruria flava'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple stems and shorter height, less than tall. Small shrubs, less than 2 m (6.6 ft) tall are sometimes termed as subshrubs. Many botanical groups have species that are shrubs, and others that are trees and herbaceous plants instead. Some definitions state that a shrub is less than and a tree is over 6 m. Others use as the cut-off point for classification. Many species of tree may not reach this mature height because of hostile less than ideal growing conditions, and resemble a shrub-sized plant. However, such species have the potential to grow taller under the ideal growing conditions for that plant. In terms of longevity, most shrubs fit in a class between perennials and trees; some may only last about fiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed on the axis of a plant. The modifications can involve the length and the nature of the internodes and the phyllotaxis, as well as variations in the proportions, compressions, swellings, adnations, connations and reduction of main and secondary axes. One can also define an inflorescence as the reproductive portion of a plant that bears a cluster of flowers in a specific pattern. The stem holding the whole inflorescence is called a peduncle. The major axis (incorrectly referred to as the main stem) above the peduncle bearing the flowers or secondary branches is called the rachis. The stalk of each flower in the inflorescence is called a pedicel. A flower that is not part of an inflorescence is called a solitary flower and its stalk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Correct Name (botany)
In botany, the correct name according to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICN) is the one and only botanical name that is to be used for a particular taxon, when that taxon has a particular circumscription, position and rank. Determining whether a name is correct is a complex procedure. The name must be validly published, a process which is defined in no less than 16 Articles of the ICN. It must also be " legitimate", which imposes some further requirements. If there are two or more legitimate names for the same taxon (with the same circumscription, position and rank), then the correct name is the one which has priority, i.e. it was published earliest, although names may be conserved if they have been very widely used. Validly published names other than the correct name are called synonyms. Since taxonomists may disagree as to the circumscription, position or rank of a taxon, there can be more than one correct name for a particular plant. These ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
