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EPISCHOENUS (G)

Family: CYPERACEAE
epi-, = upon, over, on top of, added to; schoinos, = a rush; a sharp, tough rush or reed, used as an arrow; also as a spit. (epi-, here meaning ‘akin to’ the rush genus SCHOENUS)
(BL, LS, Le)
Epischoenus complanatus (La)

Location: (K)
com, = with, together with; planus, = even, level, flat, plane; complano, = to make even, level or plain; to make even with the ground. (on the same plane, flush with) -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (flattened out; usually in one plane)
(ld, 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.