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Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
GYMNOSPORIA (G)
Pendoring (Le)
Family: CELASTRACEAE
gymnos, = naked, unclad, unarmed;
(naked, unclad, unarmed, stripped)
spora, = seed, offspring, issue.
(seed; in modern botany, ‘spore’.)
(LS, BL)
Gymnosporia buxifolia (La)
Common Spikethorn, Gewone Pendoring, Hondebos, Umqaqoba (PS)
Location: (F, P)
buxus, = the pale, evergreen box-tree; box-wood, for things made of box-wood; a pipe or flute;
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves like the ‘box’ in the genus BUXUS)
(ld, K3)

The 2774 species, 679 genera and 185 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. Location: (F).
  • 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. Location: (K).
  • of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).

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