Diepwalle Nature Reserve
A forest reserve managed by Cape Nature in the foothills of the Langeberg mountains. This has verdant forest walks that wind through forests complete with tree ferns, epiphytic orchids and some of the largest "big tree" yellowwood trees in South Africa.
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Peperomia tetraphylla
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Platylophus trifoliatus
Ixodoidea
Mystacidium capense
Impatiens hochstetteri
Tridactyle
Plectranthus fruticosus
Armadillidiidae
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Taxonomy term
Cyathea 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
Gerbera cordata
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Halleria lucida
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From the Latin lucidus = 'shiny' or 'glossy'
Huperzia gnidioides
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resembling Gnidia, a genus of plants with ericoid leaves in the Thymeleaceae.
Impatiens hochstetteri
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Lycopodiella
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Gk. Lycopodium (q.v.) -iella = diminutive.
Mystacidium capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Peperomia retusa
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From the Latin retusus = 'blunt'
Peperomia tetraphylla
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From tetra = 'four' and phyllon = 'leaf' due to the four leaves per node or leaf lobes
Platylophus trifoliatus
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bearing three leaves or a leaf being split into three leaflets
Plectranthus fruticosus
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From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’