Kirstenbosch is an important botanical garden nestled at the eastern foot of Table Mountain in Cape Town. The garden is one of 10 National Botanical Gardens covering five of South Africa's six different biomes and administered by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI). Prior to 1 September 2004, the institute was known as the National Botanical Institute.
Satyrium coriifolium is a species of orchid endemic to the Cape Provinces. It is commonly known as the orange satyre or Ewwa-trewwa in Afrikaans.
The Hantam National Botanical Garden is situated outside Nieuwoudtville. It is the first National Botanical Garden in the Northern Cape. The main section of the garden is 5 km south-east of the town, neighbouring the Oorlogskloof Nature Reserve.
Astragalus sarcocolla, also known as Persian gum, is a shrub or tree from Persia historically famed for its balsam, which was used to create ancient and medieval paint and in traditional medicines. Although its identity was uncertain to Europeans after it fell from use in the medieval period, it has since been identified with a species of Astragalus (Papilionaceae).
Terence Macleane Salter was a British/South African plant collector and botanist. Among the plant taxa named in his honor are the genus Saltera (Penaeaceae) and the orchid Disa salteri.
Penaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Penaeaceae, found in southern South Africa. They have an unusual type of embryo sac development; after two rounds of mitosis, four nuclei are formed at each pole, leading to a mature embryo sac containing four polar groups each with three cells. When found in other taxa, these embryo sacs are termed Penaea-type.
Didymaotus is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Aizoaceae, containing the single species Didymaotus lapidiformis. The plant is also known by the names stone plant and beeskloutjie. It occurs natively in the arid regions of Tanqua Karoo, near Ceres in the Western Cape. The generic name is taken from the Greek words didymos, meaning double, and aotus, meaning flower; the plant that bears two flowers. The specific epithet lapidiformis means stone-like, as it is not easily seen, blending in with its surroundings.
Cyphia volubilis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyphia, endemic to the Western Cape. It is a type of Fynbos climbing plant that uses a host to get its own flowers above ground. It has a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 at the bottom.
Oscularia lunata is a species of succulent flowering plant in the genus Oscularia. It is endemic to the Fynbos region in the Western Cape.
Ixia scillaris is a perennial cormous flowering plant in the genus Ixia. It is endemic to a small portion of the Fynbos in the Western Cape.
Hemimeris sabulosa is a species of flowering plant in the figwort family. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Willdenowia incurvata is a species of flowering plant in the genus Willdenowia endemic to the Fynbos region of the Northern Cape and Western Cape. It is also known as the sonqua sunreed; or sonkwasriet in Afrikaans.
Crassula umbella is a succulent plant species in the genus Crassula. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Heliophila coronopifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Heliophila. It is native to the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa.
Justicia cuneata is a species of subshrub in the genus Justicia. It is native to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Lapeirousia jacquinii is a species of flowering plant in the genus Lapeirousia. It is endemic to the Northern Cape and Western Cape of South Africa.
Roepera morgsana is a succulent plant species in the genus Roepera. It is endemic to Namibia and the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Limeum africanum is a species of flowering plant in the genus Limeum. It is endemic to Southern Africa. It is also known by the names common lizardfoot and koggelmandervoet; Afrikaans for the foot of a lizard from the genus Agama.
Lapeirousia pyramidalis is a species of geophyte in the genus Lapeirousia. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. It is also known as the pyramid kabong.
Anacampseros papyracea is a species of succulent plant in the family Anacampserotaceae. It is endemic to Southern Africa.
