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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
CENTELLA (G, La)
Pennywort(Le) Varkoortjies
Family: APIACEAE
kenos, = empty, fruitless, bereft of; -ella, = diminutive; slightly. (origin uncertain) (probably alluding to the small, pointed styles)
(LS, BL, Le, Cl)
Centella calliodus (G)

Location: (K)
kallos, = beautiful, fair; odon, ontos, odons, = a tooth. (referring to the dentate leaves)
(LS, An)

The 2634 species, 644 genera and 178 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.