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Leucadendron Platyspermum
''Leucadendron platyspermum'', the plate-seed conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus ''Leucadendron''. It form part of the fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ... biome. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs from the Donkerhoekberg near Villiersdorp, Groenlandberg and Kleinmondberge from Houhoek to the Elimvlakte. The shrub grows 1.7 m tall and flowers in December. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and only fall to the ground after the first autumn rain after a fire. The seeds have wings and are spread by the wind. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by the wind. The plant grows mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brown (botanis)
Robert Brown may refer to: Entertainers and artists * Washboard Sam or Robert Brown (1910–1966), American musician and singer * Robert W. Brown (1917–2009), American printmaker and glass artist * Robert Brown (British actor) (1921–2003), British actor, played M in four James Bond films * Robert Brown (American actor) (1926–2022), American actor, played Jason Bolt in ''Here Come the Brides'' * Robert Delford Brown (1930–2009), American performance artist * Robert Brown (cartoonist) (1936–2007), American painter and cartoonist * Robert Latham Brown (born 1947), American producer, production manager, and author * Robert Curtis Brown (born 1957), American actor * Robert Brown (musician) (born 1970), lead singer of steampunk band Abney Park * Robert Brown (North Carolina musician) (born 1983), multi-instrumentalist of his solo project Epignosis * Reb Brown (Robert Edward Brown, born 1948), American actor Military * Robert Brown (sailor) (fl. 1830–1864), American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fynbos
Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate and rainy winters. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity and endemism, consisting of about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom, where nearly 6,000 of them are endemic. This land continues to face severe human-caused threats, but due to the many economic uses of the fynbos, conservation efforts are being made to help restore it. Overview and history The word fynbos is often confusingly said to mean "fine bush" in Afrikaans, as "bos" means "bush". Typical fynbos foliage is ericoid rather than fine. The term, in its pre-Afrikaans, Dutch form, ''fynbosch'', was recorded by Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villiersdorp
Villiersdorp is a town of approximately 10,000 people located in the Western Cape province of South Africa in the Overberg region. Unlike most of the geographical region which specialises in wheat and canola farming, the Villiersdorp Valley is now agriculturally and in micro-climate more similar to the Elgin Valley and Grabouw since the building of the Theewaterskloof Dam, and thus also specialises in deciduous fruit farming and viticulture. The Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape and seventh largest in South Africa and important water supply to Cape Town fills the majority of the valley floor. The Villiersdorp Co-Op is also the only place in South Africa that processes and dries persimmons. The three big packsheds in Villiersdorp, Betko, Arbeidsvreugd and Ideafruit, as well as the Villiersdorp Co-Op process the fruit grown in the area for export and transport to other parts of South Africa. The town is named after Field Cornet Pieter de Villiers, a local farme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
