Plant Names

Use menu to search all families, genera & species for a text match.
Click/Touch genus/family names to view all applicable species/genera.
Click/Touch genus letter below to view all genera starting with letter

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

carphos, = any dry particle, a dry stalk or chip; dry twigs, straws, bits of wool, such as birds make their nests of; husks or chaff.
(LS)

Carpha glomerata (La)
Sedge, Vleibiessie, Vleiriet (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

glomero, = to gather into a round heap or knot, to collect, press, crowd, assemble together;
(form into a ball)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(compactly clustered)
(ld, BL)

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.