Kwa-Zulu Natal
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Sisyranthus trichostomus
Zaluzianskya pulvinata
Loranthus oleifolius
Indigofera foliosa
Pachycarpus campanulatus
Schizoglossum
Trifolium pratense
Helichrysum monticola
Moraea stricta
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Taxonomy term
Polystachya
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Gk. polys = many; stachys = ear of grain or spike; referring to the many branchlets which make up the inflorescence in some species and which may resemble spikes of wheat.
Polystachya concreta
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From the Greek ‘poly’ / ‘poly’ meaning ‘many’; and the Greek ‘stachya’ / ‘stachys’ meaning ‘spike’.
Printzia laxa
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From the Latin laxus = ‘loose’
Protorhus longifolia
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From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Psoralea caffra
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From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
Ptaeroxylon obliquum
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From the Latin obliquus meaning ‘slanting sideways’
Pterocelastrus
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Gk. pteron = wing; kelastros = holly. The fruit carries horns or wing-like outgrowths.
Pygmaeothamnus chamaedendrum
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Ranunculus meyeri
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Named after Louis Gottlieb Meyer (1867–1958), a German born missionary. Meyer frequently collected plants, especially around Namaqualand; or after Heinrich Meyer (1861–1886), a doctor who mainly collected plants around the Hantamsberg, Calvinia and Niewoudtville, specimens of which were sent to Berlin; or after Helmut Ernst Meyer (1908–1995), a student of Herre's who also collected many plants in the Namaqualand area.