Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Pterygodium volucris
Erepsia dunensis
Eriospermum nanum
Holothrix cernua
Moraea tripetala
Protea nitida
Haemanthus sanguineus
Schizodium inflexum
Tritoniopsis parviflora
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Taxonomy term
Aspalathus barbata
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From the Latin barbatus = 'bearded', with tufts of hair
Aspalathus capensis
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Aspalathus capitata
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From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Aspalathus carnosa
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from the Latin carnosus = 'fleshy'
Aspalathus cephalotes
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From the Greek ‘cephal’ / ‘kephale’ meaning ‘head’; and the Greek ‘otes’ / ‘????otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Aspalathus ciliaris
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From the Latin ciliaris = ‘relating to the eyelash or fine hairs’
Aspalathus cordata
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Aspalathus crenata
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From the Latin crenatus = ‘notched' or 'battlemented', like the wall of a castle
Aspalathus cymbiformis
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From the Latin word "cymba" meaning "boat" and the suffix "-formis" meaning "having the form of."
Aspalathus sericea
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From the Latin sericea meaning ‘silky’
Aspalathus tridentata
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from Latin tri = 'three' and dentata = 'toothed'. Typically referring to the leaves.
Asparagus lignosus
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From the Latin lignosus = 'woody', referring to the woodiness of the plant
Asparagus rubicundus
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From the Latin rubicundus = ‘suffused with red’
Asparagus scandens
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From the Latin scando meaning 'climbing or sprawling'