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.
Nodes
Romulea
Romulea tetragona
Romulea pilosa
Romulea pilosa
Romulea dichotoma
Romulea dichotoma
Romulea pilosa
Romulea pilosa
Romulea pilosa
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Taxonomy term
Disa
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Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Disa obliqua
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From the Latin obliquus meaning ‘slanting sideways’
Disa obtusa
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From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt'
Disa spathulata
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From Latin spatula 'a flat piece' typically referring to flat leaves
Disperis 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
Disperis circumflexa
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From the Latin ‘circum’ / ‘circum’ meaning ‘around’; and the Latin ‘flexa’ / ‘flexus’ meaning ‘bent’.
Drimia
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Gk. drimys = acrid, pungent; referring to the sap which is considered irritating or even toxic in many species.
Drosanthemum
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Gk. drosos = dew; anthemon = flower; referring to the glittering leaf papillae.
Drosera
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Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Duvalia caespitosa
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From the Latin caespitis = 'grassy' or 'mound'; i.e. forming a low rounded mound
Erica
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Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Erica ampullacea
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From the Latin ampullaceus = flask-shaped, referring to the shape of the flower
Erica bruniifolia
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From bruniifolia, bearing leaves like the genus Brunia
Erica cerinthoides
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From the Greek ‘cerinth’ / ‘kerinthe’ meaning ‘honeywort’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.