
Klein Karoo
The Little Karoo is separated from the Great Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain range. Geographically, it is a 290 km long valley, only 40–60 km wide, formed by two parallel Cape Fold Mountain ranges, the Swartberg to the north, and the continuous Langeberg-Outeniqua range to the south. The northern strip of the valley, within 10–20 km from the foot of the Swartberg mountains is most un-karoo-like, in that it is a well watered area both from the rain, and the many streams that cascade down the mountain, or through narrow defiles in the Swartberg from the Great Karoo.
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Thamnochortus rigidus

Rhodocoma capensis

Juncus cephalotes

Eragrostis capensis

Fuirena hirsuta

Stipagrostis obtusa

Aristida congesta

Rhodocoma arida

Juncus capensis
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Taxonomy term
ACANTHACEAE
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Named after the genus Acanthus (Bear's breeches) of which Acanthus mollis is the best known and has been used as the aesthetic basis for capitals in the Corinthian order of architecture. Acanthus was the greek term for Acanthus mollis.
Acrosanthes
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Gk. akros = at the tip, end; anthos = flower. The flowers appear, solitary, on a flower stalk.
Adromischus
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Gk. adros = thick; miskhos = a stalk; referring to the thick stalks of the species.
Adromischus cristatus
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From the Latin cristata / cristatus meaning ‘tufted’, 'crested' or 'comb-like' as in resembling the comb on a chicken
Adromischus filicaulis
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From the Latin fili = 'thread-like' and caulis = 'stem'; referring to a thin stem
Agrostis bergiana
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In honor of Karl Heinrich Bergius (1790–1818) German naturalist and apothecary who collected at Cape Town, South Africa
Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Albuca canadensis
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Latin meaning from Canada
Albuca crispa
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From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy'
Albuca suaveolens
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From the Latin ‘suave’ = ‘pleasantly’; and the Latin ‘olens’ = ‘smelling’. i.e. pleasant smelling.
Aloe
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Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
Aloe comptonii
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Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Aloe lineata
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From the Latin lineatus = 'lined'
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