West Coast Municipal District (DC1)
This is a broad mainly lowland municipal region of the Cape (Code DC1) that extends from the coast north of Cape Town to Namaqualand. It includes many of the the mountains of the Cedarberg, Piketberg and a portion of the Roggeveld escarpment. It extends north till the borderline with the Northern Cape - between Garies and Bitterfontein and in line with Lepelfontein near the coast. The West Coast lowlands region is a far smaller region that excludes the Cedarberg mountains and ends further south around Van Rhynsdorp.
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Pauridia longituba
Antimima aristulata
Antimima aristulata
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Satyrium odorum
Ruschia langebaanensis
Sparaxis parviflora
Leucadendron cinereum
Aspalathus ternata
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Taxonomy term
Ixia curta
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From the Greek kurtos = 'curved'
Ixia lutea
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From the Latin lūteus = 'saffron coloured' reffering to a yellow tinged with orange or brown. Typically referring to the flower colour.
Ixia maculata
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From the Latin maculatus = 'spotted', 'stained' or 'blotched'
Juncus acutus
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From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed'
Lachenalia
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For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Lachenalia hirta
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From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower'
Lachenalia longibracteata
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meaing the flower is subtended by a long bract
Lachenalia unicolor
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Latin meaning single-coloured
Lachenalia unifolia
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Means having a single leaf
Lampranthus
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Gk. lampros = bright, shining; anthos = flower; referring to the light reflecting off the glossy petals.