Cape Floristic Region / Kingdom
The mainly winter-rainfall fynbos region of the Western Cape that is renowned for its exceptional diversity of plants. It comprises three main vegetation types: Fynbos, Succulent Karoo and Renosterveld. Most of the vegetation is fire adapted and naturally would have burnt occasionally.
Nodes
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
Polyxena ensifolia
Sparaxis bulbifera
Gladiolus carneus
Cyanella alba
Lachenalia minima
Polyxena ensifolia
Gladiolus caryophyllaceus
Androcymbium
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Taxonomy term
Satyrium stenopetalum
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From the Latin steno = 'narrow' and petalus = 'petal'
Serruria
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For Joseph (Josephus) Serrurier (1663–1742), Dutch physician, philosopher, mathematician, botanist and physicist. He studied at the University of Utrecht, obtaining an MA degree in 1690 and qualifying as a doctor of medicine on the same day. During his career at Utrecht, he became professor of philosophy and mathematics (1705), professor of botany and medicine (1716), and the university’s rector on three occasions. Among his works, he authored an extensive treatise on experimental physics, Physicae Experimentis Innixae Compendiosa Tractatio (1700), a commemorative volume on Adrianus Reland, orientalist, linguist and physicist; and created a new hortus botanicus, which he modelled on the University of Leiden’s widely acclaimed botanical garden designed by Herman Boerhaave.
Sparaxis bulbifera
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From the Latin ‘bulbi’ / ‘bulbus’ meaning ‘bulb’; and the Latin ‘fera’ / ‘ferus’ meaning ‘bearing’.
Sparaxis elegans
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From the Latin elegans = 'elegant' or 'neat'
Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. acutiloba
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From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' and lobus = 'lobe'
Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. fimbriata
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From Latin fimbriātus = 'fringed' or 'fibrous'
Sparaxis grandiflora subsp. violacea
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From the Latin ‘violacea’ / ‘violaceus’ meaning ‘purple’
Sparaxis parviflora
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From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Spiloxene canaliculata
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From the Latin canaliculatus = ‘channelled’; i.e. bearing a groove or furrow-shaped
Spiloxene capensis
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Spiloxene flaccida
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From the Latin flaccidus = ‘flaccid / flabby’; frequently referring to a sprawling habit