Plant Names

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

restis, = a rope, cord;
-io, = indicates the abstract or general result of an action.
(early settlers used ‘restios’ for rope)
(ld, BL, Le)

Restio calcicola (La)

Location: (K)

calx, calcis, = limestone, lime;
-cola, = dweller (used only in compound words, as in agricola = countryman).
(ld, BL)

The 2827 species, 685 genera and 186 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.