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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
DIOSMA (G)
False Buchu (Le)
Family: RUTACEAE
dios, = godlike, excellent, mighty; divine, marvellous; Dios, = Zeus**. osmē, osma, = a smell, scent, odour, whether good or bad; a scent, perfume.
(LS)
Diosma hirsuta (La)
Common False Buchu(Wf) Hottentotsboegoe (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
hirsutus = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute; -utus, = indicates possession. (hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(ld, BL)

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.