Cape Floristic Region / Kingdom
The mainly winter-rainfall fynbos region of the Western Cape that is renowned for its exceptional diversity of plants. It comprises three main vegetation types: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo and Renosterveld. Most of the vegetation is fire adapted and naturally would have burnt occasionally.
Nodes
Lachenalia
Freesia laxa
Gladiolus carinatus
Gladiolus priorii
Oxalis ciliaris
Geissorhiza ornithogaloides
Lachenalia namibiensis
Moraea thomasiae
Androcymbium pulchrum
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Taxonomy term
Disperis circumflexa
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From the Latin ‘circum’ / ‘circum’ meaning ‘around’; and the Latin ‘flexa’ / ‘flexus’ meaning ‘bent’.
Disperis purpurata
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From the Latin pupureus = 'purplish'
Drimia multifolia
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From the Latin 'multifolius' meaning 'many leaved'
Edmondia
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The previous belief that this genus might honour James W. Edmond, Scottish botanist (died 1815) has been discredited as new evidence indicates he died in 1875. Possibly named after Englishborn Edmund Davall (Davallia. q.v.) It is possible that the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832) mis-spelled Devall’s first name ‘Edmund’ as this English word ‘Edmund’ is spelled ‘Edmond’ in French, hence the genus Edmondia.
Empodium plicatum
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Latin plicatum means 'pleated' or 'folded'
Erepsia
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Gk. erepo = to cover (with a roof) or erepso = I shall hide; referring to the staminodes covering and hiding the stamens.
Erica
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Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Erica embothriifolia
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The namer refers to a likeness of the leaf to the genus Embothrium, a genus that occurs in South America and Australia
Ferraria divaricata
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From Latin divaricatus = "spreading"
Ferraria uncinata
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From the Latin uncinatus = ‘furnished with hooks’
Freesia alba
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From Latin albus meaning 'white'
Freesia elimensis
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From the Elim area in the south coast of South Africa