Taxa Field Guide
O
Agaricales
NE
20
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Short etymology:
G
Dracaena
NE
3
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Short etymology:
Gk. drakaina = a female dragon. Various meanings are ascribed to the name, mainly centred around the red, resinous, blood-like sap of D. draco – dragon’s blood, but there is no precise explanation for the name.
F
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.
G
Acrodon
NE
10
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Short etymology:
Gk. akros = at the tip, end; odus, odontos = tooth; referring to the apically dentate leaves.
S
Acrodon bellidiflorus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bella = 'beautiful', 'pretty', 'charming' and florus = 'flower'
S
Acrodon parvifolius
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Short etymology:
From the Latin parvus meaning ‘small’ and the Latin folius meaning ‘leaf’.
G
Acrosanthes
NE
6
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Short etymology:
Gk. akros = at the tip, end; anthos = flower. The flowers appear, solitary, on a flower stalk.
S
Acrosanthes humifusa
20
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Short etymology:
From the Latin humus = ‘ground’ and fusus = ‘poured over’; referring to a spreading habitat
G
Aizoon
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.
S
Aizoon karooicum
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Short etymology:
From the Khoisan/Khoekhoe word garo /karo / !garo-b = 'desert' or 'hard'; referring to the inland semi-desert Karoo region of South Africa
S
Aizoon paniculatum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin paniculatus meaning 'tufted' or a 'panicle' referring to the form of the inflorescence
G
Aloinopsis
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Aloina (q.v.); Gk. -iopsis = resembling; because some original species, now moved to Nananthus, resemble Aloe.
S
Aloinopsis spathulata
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Short etymology:
From Latin spatula 'a flat piece' typically referring to flat leaves
G
Antegibbaeum
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. ante- = before; gibba = hump or swelling; referring to the shape of the leaf. Jackson writes ‘the stage before gibbaeum’, i.e. possibly becoming hunch-back like.
G
Antimima
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. antimimos = imitating. The first species looked like Argyroderma.
S
Antimima brevicarpa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin brevis = "short" and carpum = 'fruit'
S
Antimima fenestrata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fenestrata = ‘equipped with windows’