Post by Kelly Sharbaugh on Jul 29, 2010 22:48:45 GMT -5
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2. Adansonia digitata. Found in areas of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and other tropical African countries where suitable habitat occurs.
3. Euphorbia obesa Hook. f. Euphorbia obesa is a rare endemic of the Great Karoo, south of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. Over-collecting by collectors and plant exporters almost resulted in the plant becoming extinct in the wild. Today it is protected by national (Nature Conservation) and international (CITES) legislation. The plants occur in karoo vegetation among Beaufort shale fragments, where they grow in full sun or in the partial shade provided by dwarf karoo shrubs. They are very well camouflaged and difficult to see. The habitat is very stony and hilly with summer rainfall ranging from 200-300 mm per annum, falling mainly in thunder showers. Summers are very hot: the average daily maximum about 26 degrees centigrade and the minimum about 11 degrees centigrade. Light frost occurs during the winter months.
4. Tapinanthus oleifolius. The mistletoe is widespread in the drier parts of southern Africa throughout Namibia, Free State, Botswana, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North-West provinces. It is found growing on numerous and diverse hosts such as species of Acacia, Aloe, Combretum, Diospyros, Maytenus, Melianthus, Rhus and Ziziphus. It is mostly adapted to a drier habitat.
5. Brachystelma modestum. This species occurs in rocky areas covered with short grassveld, the plants frequent soil pockets between the rocks. Brachystelma modestum owes its survival in this habitat to its small, perennial, tuberous rootstock which escapes damage during grass fires. It appears to be rare and restricted in its distribution. Although confined to the Natal Group sandstone region of central-south KwaZulu-Natal, historical records include Nkandla, Kranskop, the Noodsberg and Umzinto, and recent surveys report Inanda, Eston and south of Durban as additional localities (David Styles pers. comm.)
6. Syncolostemon transvaalensis. Syncolostemon transvaalensis has a wide distribution in Mpumalanga from Pilgrims Rest in the north to Barberton in the south. It grows exposed in grassland on the Mpumalanga Drakensberg from about 100 m above sea level to an altitude of 1700 m. Rainfall is mainly during summer ranging between 700 and 1 750 mm per annum, and winters are dry with regular grass fires.
7.Zantedeschia aethiopica. This lovely plant was introduced to Europe very early on, apparently before Van Riebeeck had established the refreshment station at the Cape. It is also illustrated in an account of the Royal Garden in Paris in 1664. It was sent as one of the interesting plants of the Cape to Europe by Simon van der Stel some time before 1697.
8. Barringtonia racemosa. Barringtonia racemosa is mainly a coastal species that thrives under very humid, moist conditions. It is common along tropical and subtropical coasts in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of South Africa. It is also common in Mozambique, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and a number of Polynesian islands. It does grow well under dry conditions but it cannot tolerate even mild frost.
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10.Sorghum bicolor. Sorghum bicolor is an African crop, which is widely distributed throughout the world. Different cultivars are found in different regions depending on the climate. It is adapted to a wider range of ecological conditions. It is mostly a plant of hot, dry regions; still survive in a cool weather as well as waterlogged habitat.
11. Adenium. The genus name is derived from the geographical place name Aden in Arabia where the first known plant was found and recorded. The five species of the genus are found in tropical and southern Africa, on Socotra and the Arabian Peninsula. Four species are native to southern Africa ( Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa ).
12.Acacia sieberiana. This tree is found in woodland, wooded grassland and along riverbanks (where it can reach 15 m) in South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, northern Namibia and tropical Africa north to Ethiopia
13. Colophospermum mopane. The mopane grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, 200-1 150 m, in the far northern parts of South Africa, into Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi. It is found growing in alkaline (high lime content) soils which are shallow and not well drained
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15. Pycnostachys urticifolia. Pycnostachys urticifolia occurs naturally in South Africa. It is found in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Kentani (correctly pronounced as kuCentani ) in the Eastern Cape and extends to Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The hedgehog sage occurs in grassland and bushveld areas, usually in marshy places, along stream banks or forest margins.
16. Drosera capensis. Drosera capensis occurs naturally in the southwestern Cape and can be found in marshes, along streams, permanent seeps or damp areas of fynbos.
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18.Cucumis africanus. C. africanus is indigenous to Africa and occurs from the woodlands of Angola and Zimbabwe to Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa it is found in Limpopo, North-West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape. It is rare in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
19. Pappea capensis. Pappea capensis is widespread in southern Africa from the Northern Cape through the drier Karoo, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, to the northern provinces, as well as Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northwards into eastern and southern tropical Africa. It naturally occurs in bushveld, riverine thicket, wooded grassland and rocky outcrops in grassland as well as scrub veld and is often found on termite mounds. Due to its wide distribution range it is well suited to cultivation in a wide variety of climatic conditions.
20.Helichrysum umbraculigerum. The wide range of this plant stretches from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe to the highlands of the Eastern Cape. It occurs in grasslands, forest edges and streambanks. The natural distribution implies a frost tolerant, summer rainfall plant.
21.Gloriosa superba (Lindl). Naturally it occurs in semi-shade areas among bush on hillsides along the Cape coast, Natal, Swaziland, Northern Province, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
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24. Cunonia capensis L. The Butterspoon tree may be seen in forests and moist areas, especially along watercourses. It is found along the coast and adjacent inland areas from the Western Cape eastwards to Mozambique. In forests it may reach up to 10m in height but where it is growing out in the open it may only reach 5m. We have only one species of Cunonia in South Africa. If you wished to see other Cunonia species in their natural habitat you would have to travel to the Pacific Ocean island of New Caledonia (near Australia), as this is the only other place where members of this genus also occur!
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2. Adansonia digitata. Found in areas of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and other tropical African countries where suitable habitat occurs.
3. Euphorbia obesa Hook. f. Euphorbia obesa is a rare endemic of the Great Karoo, south of Graaff-Reinet in the Eastern Cape. Over-collecting by collectors and plant exporters almost resulted in the plant becoming extinct in the wild. Today it is protected by national (Nature Conservation) and international (CITES) legislation. The plants occur in karoo vegetation among Beaufort shale fragments, where they grow in full sun or in the partial shade provided by dwarf karoo shrubs. They are very well camouflaged and difficult to see. The habitat is very stony and hilly with summer rainfall ranging from 200-300 mm per annum, falling mainly in thunder showers. Summers are very hot: the average daily maximum about 26 degrees centigrade and the minimum about 11 degrees centigrade. Light frost occurs during the winter months.
4. Tapinanthus oleifolius. The mistletoe is widespread in the drier parts of southern Africa throughout Namibia, Free State, Botswana, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North-West provinces. It is found growing on numerous and diverse hosts such as species of Acacia, Aloe, Combretum, Diospyros, Maytenus, Melianthus, Rhus and Ziziphus. It is mostly adapted to a drier habitat.
5. Brachystelma modestum. This species occurs in rocky areas covered with short grassveld, the plants frequent soil pockets between the rocks. Brachystelma modestum owes its survival in this habitat to its small, perennial, tuberous rootstock which escapes damage during grass fires. It appears to be rare and restricted in its distribution. Although confined to the Natal Group sandstone region of central-south KwaZulu-Natal, historical records include Nkandla, Kranskop, the Noodsberg and Umzinto, and recent surveys report Inanda, Eston and south of Durban as additional localities (David Styles pers. comm.)
6. Syncolostemon transvaalensis. Syncolostemon transvaalensis has a wide distribution in Mpumalanga from Pilgrims Rest in the north to Barberton in the south. It grows exposed in grassland on the Mpumalanga Drakensberg from about 100 m above sea level to an altitude of 1700 m. Rainfall is mainly during summer ranging between 700 and 1 750 mm per annum, and winters are dry with regular grass fires.
7.Zantedeschia aethiopica. This lovely plant was introduced to Europe very early on, apparently before Van Riebeeck had established the refreshment station at the Cape. It is also illustrated in an account of the Royal Garden in Paris in 1664. It was sent as one of the interesting plants of the Cape to Europe by Simon van der Stel some time before 1697.
8. Barringtonia racemosa. Barringtonia racemosa is mainly a coastal species that thrives under very humid, moist conditions. It is common along tropical and subtropical coasts in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of South Africa. It is also common in Mozambique, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and a number of Polynesian islands. It does grow well under dry conditions but it cannot tolerate even mild frost.
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10.Sorghum bicolor. Sorghum bicolor is an African crop, which is widely distributed throughout the world. Different cultivars are found in different regions depending on the climate. It is adapted to a wider range of ecological conditions. It is mostly a plant of hot, dry regions; still survive in a cool weather as well as waterlogged habitat.
11. Adenium. The genus name is derived from the geographical place name Aden in Arabia where the first known plant was found and recorded. The five species of the genus are found in tropical and southern Africa, on Socotra and the Arabian Peninsula. Four species are native to southern Africa ( Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and South Africa ).
12.Acacia sieberiana. This tree is found in woodland, wooded grassland and along riverbanks (where it can reach 15 m) in South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, northern and eastern Botswana, northern Namibia and tropical Africa north to Ethiopia
13. Colophospermum mopane. The mopane grows in hot, dry, low-lying areas, 200-1 150 m, in the far northern parts of South Africa, into Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia, Angola and Malawi. It is found growing in alkaline (high lime content) soils which are shallow and not well drained
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15. Pycnostachys urticifolia. Pycnostachys urticifolia occurs naturally in South Africa. It is found in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Kentani (correctly pronounced as kuCentani ) in the Eastern Cape and extends to Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Malawi. The hedgehog sage occurs in grassland and bushveld areas, usually in marshy places, along stream banks or forest margins.
16. Drosera capensis. Drosera capensis occurs naturally in the southwestern Cape and can be found in marshes, along streams, permanent seeps or damp areas of fynbos.
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18.Cucumis africanus. C. africanus is indigenous to Africa and occurs from the woodlands of Angola and Zimbabwe to Namibia, Botswana and South Africa. In South Africa it is found in Limpopo, North-West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal, Northern, Western and Eastern Cape. It is rare in Mpumalanga, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape.
19. Pappea capensis. Pappea capensis is widespread in southern Africa from the Northern Cape through the drier Karoo, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, to the northern provinces, as well as Mozambique, Zimbabwe and northwards into eastern and southern tropical Africa. It naturally occurs in bushveld, riverine thicket, wooded grassland and rocky outcrops in grassland as well as scrub veld and is often found on termite mounds. Due to its wide distribution range it is well suited to cultivation in a wide variety of climatic conditions.
20.Helichrysum umbraculigerum. The wide range of this plant stretches from the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe to the highlands of the Eastern Cape. It occurs in grasslands, forest edges and streambanks. The natural distribution implies a frost tolerant, summer rainfall plant.
21.Gloriosa superba (Lindl). Naturally it occurs in semi-shade areas among bush on hillsides along the Cape coast, Natal, Swaziland, Northern Province, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
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24. Cunonia capensis L. The Butterspoon tree may be seen in forests and moist areas, especially along watercourses. It is found along the coast and adjacent inland areas from the Western Cape eastwards to Mozambique. In forests it may reach up to 10m in height but where it is growing out in the open it may only reach 5m. We have only one species of Cunonia in South Africa. If you wished to see other Cunonia species in their natural habitat you would have to travel to the Pacific Ocean island of New Caledonia (near Australia), as this is the only other place where members of this genus also occur!
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