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Graceful Spiderhead


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Graceful Spiderhead :: Serruria pinnata

Bad at Goodbyes :: Episode 024

On today’s show we learn about the Graceful Spiderhead, a critically endangered flowering shrub native to the southern tip of the African continent, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

  • (00:05) Intro
  • (02:05) Species Information
  • (16:55) Citations
  • (18:08) Music
  • (26:22) Pledge

Research for today’s show was compiled from

  • Protea Atlas – https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/spider3.htm
  • Flora Capensis, Vol 5, page 502 – https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.flora.floc012825
  • “Ant benefits in a seed dispersal mutualism” Oecologia vol 146 no. 1 – https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0154-9 
  • South African National Biodiversity institute – https://pza.sanbi.org/vegetation/fynbos-biome 
  • IUCN – https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/113238699/185533437 
  • Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serruria_gracilis


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A note on accuracy: I strive for it! These episodes are well-researched and built from scholarly sources, hoping to provide an informed and accurate portrait of these species. That said, I’m an ambient musician! I am not an academic and have limited scientific background. I may get things wrong! If you are using this podcast for scholarship of any kind, please see the cited sources and double-check all information.

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Bad at GoodbyesBy Joshua Dumas