Namibia
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Grielum sinuatum
Maerua gilgii
Crassula muscosa
Crassula sericea
Tylecodon schaeferianus
Crotalaria meyeriana
Cotyledon orbiculata var. orbiculata
Grielum sinuatum
Tylecodon hallii
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Taxonomy term
Amphibolia saginata
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From Latin sagina = "to fatten", possibly referring to the fat and succulent leaves.
Anacampseros albissima
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From Latin alba = white and -issima which is an intensifier, so meaning "very white".
Anacampseros filamentosa subsp. tomentosa
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From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly'
Antherothamnus pearsonii
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Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden in South Africa.
Anthospermum dregei subsp. dregei
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Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
Antimima dolomitica
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from Latin dolomitica = "dolomite", referring to the substrate preferred by this plant
Aridaria noctiflora subsp. noctiflora
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Aridaria serotina
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From the Latin serotinus = 'late in development'; either referring to the evening or with delayed development (such as late flowering relative to other species)
Asparagus capensis var. 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
Asparagus juniperoides
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From the resemblance to juniperus, a ‘juniper tree’
Astridia velutina
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From the Latin velutinus = 'velvety', typically referring to the leaf texture.
Augea 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