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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
TRACHYANDRA (G)
Starlily (Wf) Cape Spinach, Wildeblomkool (Le)
Family: ASPHODELACEAE
trachys, = rough, rugged;
aner, andrus, = man, of a man.
aner, andros, = male, stamen.
(filaments are usually hairy)

(LS, BL, Le)
Trachyandra divaricata (La)
Coast Tumbling Starlily (Wf) Waaibossie (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
divarico, = to spread asunder, to stretch apart; to be spread out;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(divaricate; spreading asunder at a wide angle; turning off from any thing irregularly but at almost a right angle; as the branches of many things)
(ld, BL)

The 2825 species, 684 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.