Jacobsbaai
A town on the west coast with flora high in endemism on the granite or limestone that remains in the area. It is threatened by housing developments that despoil the coastline.
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Osteospermum moniliferum
Hermannia ternifolia
Pelargonium fulgidum
Arctotis hirsuta
Geissorhiza aspera
Senecio sarcoides
Zygophyllum cordifolium
Ballota africana
Felicia elongata
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Taxonomy term
Lachenalia unifolia
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Means having a single leaf
Maurocenia frangularia
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From the Latin frangulus = 'fragile'; referring to a plant that is easily broken
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Moraea fugax
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From the Latin ‘fugax’ / ‘fugax’ meaning ‘fleeting’
Othonna
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Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Pharnaceum
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For Pharnaces II (63–47 BCE), son of Mithradates VI Emperator, King of Pontus, in North East Anatalia, on the Black Sea. He was defeated by Julius Caesar (100–140 BCE) at Sinopa, the actual occasion on which Caeser gave the extraordinarily concise message ‘veni, vidi, vici’ (‘I came, I saw, I conquered’) which he dispatched to Rome.
Polycarena lilacina
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From the neoLatin lilacina = 'lilac coloured'; typically referring to the flower colour
Pterygodium
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Gk. pterygodium = diminutive of pteryx = wing. Descriptive probably of the dorsal sepal and petals, which are united into an erect, hood-shaped segment, and of the lateral sepals, similar in shape and size to the dorsal, giving a wing-like appearance to the flower.
Quaqua incarnata
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From the Latin incarnata / incarnatus meaning ‘flesh-coloured’
Romulea hirsuta
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From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Cormous geophyte, 6--10 cm, corms symmetrical, bell-shaped, stem branching above ground. Basal leaves 2, sometimes solitary. Flowers pink to rose or coppery orange with dark marks at edge of yellow cup. Aug.--Sept. Sandstone or clay slopes and flats, NW, SW (Clanwilliam to Elim).
Ruschia
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For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), Namibian farmer, businessman and plant collector. He came to South-West Africa (Namibia) in 1890, where he grew succulent plants and later established a nursery at Lichtenstein, near Windhoek, Namibia. He and his son Ernst Franz Rusch Jnr (1897–1964) made many collecting trips together. He was one of the founders of Windhoek, and was given freedom of the city on his 60th birthday.
Salvia
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La. salvia = the sage plant; a name used by Pliny the Elder, from La. salvere = to heal; referring to the medicinal properties claimed for some species.
Sparaxis
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Gk. sparasso = to rend or tear; relating to the bracts that are lacerated or cut into segments.
Tripteris calcicola
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From the Latin calcicolus = 'chalk-loving' or 'limestone-loving'