Baokelli ba Pele Richtersveld

Ya Gordon's Bay

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Ha a kgutla ho tswa Molomong wa Orange River ka 1779, Colonel Gordon e ile ya eba motsamaisi wa Dutch Garrison Cape Town. O ile a tswela pele ho tsamaya, ho hula le ho arola dikarolo tse sa tshwaneng tsa tlhaho tseo a di boneng. Semela Hoodia gordonii se bitswa ka mora hae. Jwale, ka 1795, Napoleon o ile a qala ho baka mathata Europe mme a diha ntlo ya borena ya Orange. Ba Brithani ba ile ba isa morena wa Netherlands ya neng a lelekilwe kgolehong mme ba romela dihlopa tsa dikepe ho ya nka Cape. Ka hona, botshepehi ba Gordon bo ne bo arohane pakeng tsa lelapa la borena le neng le laolwa ke Napoleonic, e leng Dutch Republic. Ka mora hore Mabrithani a hlole mabotho a Madache ntweng ya Muizenberg, phoso ya Gordon e ile ya nyatsuwa ka ho feletseng. O ne a boetse a kula le mathata a mang a botho. Ka hona, ka 1795, nakwana ka mora ho inehela ha Madache, RJ Gordon o ile a ipolaya. Gordon's Bay, haufi le Cape Town, e bitswa ka tlhompho ya hae.
Dilemong tse latelang, bo rasaense/bafuputsi ba bangata ba tswang dinaheng tsohle ba ile ba etela Namaqualand le Richtersveld. Tsena di ne di kenyeletsa setsebi sa diphoofolo tse nang le matla a hodimo a bitswang Francois le Vaillant (1783), Carl Ludwig Phillip Zeyher (1830) le Johann Franz Drège (1833/4). Ya qetellong enwa o tsejwa e le 'ntate wa SA phytogeography' (tlhahiso ya kabo ya dihlopa tsa dimela). Sena se ka nna sa se ke sa utlwahala jwaloka boipiletso bo tsotehang ka ho fetisisa, empa dimela tse fetang 100 di nnile tsa bitswa ka tlhompho ya Drège - e seng ho tsamaya hampe.

Ho Ipiletsa ha Namaqualand

Ka lekgolo la bo20 la dilemo ho ipiletsa ha Namaqualand, le Richtersveld ka ho kgetheha, a tswela pele ho hohela babokelli ba ikemiseditseng ho hlwaya mefuta e mecha. Tsena di akarelletsa barababo rona Rudolph le Max Schlechter, Dr. Louis Leipoldt le Selmar Schönland - motho ya ratang semela sa makgasi a matenya a tlestseng lero, jwaloka rona bohle. Ho thahasellisang ke hore boholo ba bafuputsi ba ne ba tswa dinaheng disele, mme dikoleke tsa tsona di romellwa ditsing tse ding tse mose ho mawatle.Diphuputso tsa botlolo tsa Afrika Borwa di qadile feela ka mora hore mohwebi le setsebi sa botanasi ba dibaleng, Harry Bolus, ba thehe setulo Botany, South African College (hona jwale e bitswang Univesithi ya Cape Town) ka 1902.
Motho wa pele ho nka Modula-setulo wa Bolus e ne e le Harold Pearson, o ne a ena le thahasello e sa kgaotseng dimeleng tsa Namaqualand. O ile a ya maetong a mabedi ho ya sebakeng (ka 1908-09 le 1909-10) mme a bokella boitsebiso bo bongata le ditshwantsho tse ncha. Pearson e ile ya eba motsamaisi wa pele wa Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens ka 1913 mme a thusa ho theha National Botanical Institute (yo hona jwale e bitswang National Biodiversity Institute). E sa tlwaelehang Aloe pearsonii e bitswa ka mora hae.

Translated by Bongani Matabane