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STIPAGROSTIS (G)
Boesmangras (Le)
Family: POACEAE
stype, = tow (Old Eng.), the coarse part of flax or hemp; stiphros, = close-pressed,: close, compact, solid, tough, stout; agros, = a field, land. agrostis, = a grass that mules feed on.
(LS)
Stipagrostis dregeana (La)

Location: (K)
For Johann Franz (Jean Francois) Drège (1794-1881).** -anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

The 2515 species, 624 genera and 172 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:

  • of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus
  • of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa.

Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.