Taxa Field Guide
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AIZOACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Aizoon. Gk. Aei = Always/ever, and zoos/zoon = life, referring to the plants ability to survive on minimal water in deserts due to its succulent leaves.
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Antimima
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. antimimos = imitating. The first species looked like Argyroderma.
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Antimima limbata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin limbatus meaning 'bordered'
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Antimima pygmaea
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Short etymology:
From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’
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Antimima roseola
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Short etymology:
Uncertain could mean the Latin diminutive of 'rose'
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Antimima ventricosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ventricosus = 'swollen' or 'inflated'
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Apatesia
NE
3
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Short etymology:
Gk. apatē, apatesis = deceit, deception; alluding to the likeness of this genus to Hymenogyne, before the flower has opened (Hans Herre).
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Argyroderma
NE
15
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Short etymology:
From the Greek arggros, silver; derma, skin, referring to the fat leaves.
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Argyroderma delaetii
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Short etymology:
Named after Fr. de laet, a Belgian collector of succulents in the early 20th century. His promotion of cacti drew many people to the cactus-growing hobby
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Aridaria
NE
7
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘arida’ / ‘aridus’ meaning ‘dry’
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Aridaria noctiflora
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Short etymology:
From Latin noctis = "night" and -florus = "flowered", referring to the flowers that open in the late afternoon and at night.
Description:
Shrub to 1 m. Leaves to 50 G
Bergeranthus
NE
17
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Short etymology:
After one A. Berger, German botanist; anthos, flower.
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Brianhuntleya
NE
1
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Short etymology:
For Brian Huntley (1944– ), South African biodiversity expert and professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He studied at the universities of Natal, Pretoria and the Orange Free State, obtaining an MSc for research on Marion Island. He spent several years with the Transvaal Department of Nature Conservation and four years in Angola. In the 1970s he joined the CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) and coordinated its savanna ecosystem project and later all national ecosystem projects. In 1989 he became director of the National Botanical Institute (later, the South African National Biodiversity Institute), and was responsible for eight national botanical gardens, three research centres, four major bio-regional programmes and more than 100 school-based environmental greening projects.
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Brownanthus
NE
1
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Short etymology:
For Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), British botanist at Kew Gardens from 1873. Although he never visited South Africa, he became an expert on African plants, particularly succulents. In 1921 he was awarded the Captain Scott Memorial medal in recognition of his work on South African flora and in 1932 an honorary DSc was conferred on him by the University of the Witwatersrand. His papers appeared mainly in the Kew Bulletin and in Flora Capensis.
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Carpanthea
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Gk. karpos = fruit; anthe, anthos = flower; referring to the open fruit looking like a star-shaped flower when open (H.E.K. Hartmann).
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Carpanthea pomeridiana
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Short etymology:
From the Latin pomeridianus = 'afternoon' from post = 'after' and meridianus = 'midday'
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Carpobrotus
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. karpos = fruit; brotos = edible. The fruit can be eaten.
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Carpobrotus acinaciformis
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Short etymology:
From the Greek acinaces = 'a short straight sword', a 'dagger', or 'scimitar' and formis = 'shape'. i.e. shaped like a scimitar
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Carpobrotus deliciosus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin deliciosus = 'delicious'
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Carpobrotus edulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin edulis meaning 'edible'
Description:
Succulent perennial with trailing stems to 2 m long. Leaves straight or slightly curved. Flowers yellow, fading to pink with age, stigmas about as long as the stamens, receptacle top-shaped, tapering into the pedicel. Fruits clavate to subglobose, yellowish. Aug.--Oct. Coastal and inland slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).
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Carpobrotus muirii
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Short etymology:
Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came to the Cape in 1826 and in 1923 he retired and concentrated on the study of shells. He criss-crossed the Riversdale region in the course of his medical practice, collecting all the time. He published 'The Flora of Riversdale' which he published as Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa no 13, (1929). In 1929 he also presented his collection of drift-seeds he had found along the beach and was awarded a DSc from Edinburgh University.
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Caryotophora
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Gk. karyotos = nut-shaped, karyotis = the cultivated date-palm, from karyon = a nut; phorein = to carry; referring to the fruits.
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Cephalophyllum
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. kephale = a head; phyllon = leaf; referring to the compact heads of leaves in some species.
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Cephalophyllum curtophyllum
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Short etymology:
From the Greek kurtos = 'curved' and phyllon = 'leaf'