Eastern Cape
Nodes
Eulophia foliosa
Disa scullyi
Disa aconitoides
Eulophia macowanii
Eulophia aculeata
Satyrium sphaerocarpum
Satyrium membranaceum
Disa bracteata
Eulophia meleagris
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Taxonomy term
Bowiea
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For James Bowie (1789–1869), English botanist and plant collector. He joined the staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 1810, and after being trained in horticulture and plant collecting was sent to Brazil in 1814 by Joseph Banks. Two years later, he was instructed to go to South Africa where he spent six years (1818–1822) collecting plants mainly in the Eastern Cape region. The Irish botanist William Henry Harvey, who spent a considerable amount of time in South Africa considered Bowie to have provided Europe’s gardens with more succulents than any other individual. He was recalled to England in 1823 and lost his job, but returned to South Africa in 1827 and worked as garden superintendent and plant collector for Baron von Ludwig, a prominent and wealthy Capetonian until around 1842, then for Ralph Henry Arderne (1802–1885) at what is today Arderne Gardens in Claremont. He wrote the earliest guide to Cape flora printed in South Africa (1829). He died an alcoholic and in poverty.
Brachycorythis ovata
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From the Latin ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’
Brachystelma
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Gk. brachys = short; stelma = crown, garland, wreath; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species.
Brownleea
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For Rev. John Brownlee (1791–1871), British botanist who was a gardener, theologian, Xhosa linguist and missionary in South Africa. He arrived in Cape Town in 1817 and established a mission station on the site that would become King William’s Town. He was a well regarded botanist and had an extensive garden of local plants, and sent local specimens to William Henry Harvey, an Irish botanist who came out to South Africa in 1835 and who wrote Flora Capensis.
Brunsvigia
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For Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (1713–1780), also known as Charles I or Karl I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, able military commander, ruler of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1773, patron of the arts and sciences who promoted the study of plants, including the beautiful Cape species B. orientalis. He also founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education, which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. The name Brunswick is the Latin translation of Braunschweig, a town in Germany that was a sovereign duchy of northern Germany between the 1st and 19th centuries.
Brunsvigia striata
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striped, from Latin striatus 'provided with channels or grooves'
Buchnera glabrata
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From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Bulbine
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La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
Bulbine filifolia
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From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow
Bulbine latifolia
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From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Burchellia bubalina
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Commemorating Burchell, a 19th-century English explorer, British naturalist, traveller, artist and author. He discovered and documented many species during his travels through Southern Africa.
Cadaba aphylla
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From Greek a- = 'without' and phyllon = 'leaf'; referring to it's leafless habit
Calpurnia floribunda
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From the Latin floribundus = 'many flowers'
Carissa bispinosa
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From the Latin bi = two and spinosa / spinosus meaning ‘thorny’. There are typically two thorns at a node.