Overberg Region
The southernmost portion of Africa, south of the Langeberg mountains and east of the Hottentots Holland Mountains, and west of the Garden Route. It is a highly transformed landscape with only remnants of renosterveld (<4%) remaining.
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Pelargonium odoratissimum
Pelargonium zonale
Gibbaeum haaglenii
Brownanthus fraternus
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Acrodon deminutus
Leucadendron coriaceum
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Taxonomy term
Androcymbium
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Gk. andro- = male (in botanical language, stamen); kymbium = cup or saucer (La. cymba). The petal limbs enfold the stamens. Common names ‘men-in-a-boat’, ‘cup-and-saucer’.
Androcymbium capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Androcymbium capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Androcymbium capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Androcymbium eucomoides
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From the Greek ‘eucom’ / ‘eucomis’ meaning ‘what is commonly called the pineapple flower’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
APOCYNACEAE
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From the genus Apocynum ("dogbane"), from the Greek apokynon, from apo-, away from, kynon, a dog; i.e. poisonous to dogs.
Arctopus
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Gk. arktos = a bear; pous = a foot. Linnaeus thought the leaf of this species resembled a bear’s paw.
Arctotis
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Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
Arctotis sp
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Aristea
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From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
Asclepias
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Named in honour of Aesculapius, mythological god of medicine.
Asclepias crispa
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From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy'
Aspalathus
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From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Asparagus
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From the Greek aspharagos, the name given to the edible Asparagus. A wide-spread genus which is greatly in need of revision. The root-system is an important character in the grouping, but owing to the inadequacy of the existing descriptions and the imperfection of the type specimens, correct identification is often very difficult. The flowering seasons seem to depend very largely on habitat. Some of the spiny species are called Wag-’n-bietjie.