Southern Cape
An intermediate summer-winter rainfall area of South Africa sandwiched between the Langeberg mountains and the sea. It arguably includes portions of the Klein Karoo, but we exclude this area and extend the area east to Port Elizabeth and west to Swellendam.
Nodes
Diosma sabulosa
Cyphia digitata
Cotula filifolia
Chironia baccifera
Disparago lasiocarpa
Dicoma spinosa
Cuscuta appendiculata
Clutia daphnoides
Diospyros dichrophylla
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Taxonomy term
Cynanchum obtusifolium
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From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt' and folia = 'leaf'
Diascia cuneata
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From the Latin cuneatus = 'wedge-shaped' or 'tapering'
Dicoma spinosa
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From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’
Diosma hirsuta
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From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Dischisma ciliatum subsp. ciliatum
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From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes.
Erica arenaria
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From the Latin arenarius meaning ‘sandy’
Erica berzelioides
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resembling the Cape endemic genus Berzelia (Bruniaceae)
Erica cruenta
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From the Latin cruentus = 'blood stained'; referring to the blood-red colouring of the flowers