Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Grubbia rosmarinifolia
Trachyandra hirsutiflora
Geissorhiza juncea
Aristea spiralis
Mimetes cucullatus
Lachenalia aloides
Disa atricapilla
Lapeirousia anceps
Ornithogalum schlechterianum
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Taxonomy term
Asplenium
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Name from the Greek asplenon, a kind of fern.
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum
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From the Greek ‘a’ / ‘a’ meaning ‘not’; and the Greek ‘dianti’ / ‘diantos’ meaning ‘wettable’.
Asplenium aethiopicum
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From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Asplenium cordatum
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Asplenium erectum
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From the Latin erectus = 'upright'
Asplenium monanthes
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From the Greek mono = 'one' and anthos = 'flowered'; i.e. one-flowered
Aster subulatus
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From the Latin subulatus = ‘awl-shaped’; i.e. the organ is slender and narrowing to a point
Audouinia capitata
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From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Babiana ambigua
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From the Latin ambiguus = 'ambiguous' or 'uncertain
Babiana disticha
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From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
Bartramidula comosa
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From the Latin comosus = 'having long or abundant hairs' or 'with a tuft', 'having many leaves' or 'being leafy'
Becium grandiflorum obovatum
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From the Latin ob- = 'in opposite' and ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’; i.e. the narrow side is on the side of the stalk