Southern Cape
An intermediate summer-winter rainfall area of South Africa sandwiched between the Langeberg mountains and the sea. It arguably includes portions of the Klein Karoo, but we exclude this area and extend the area east to Port Elizabeth and west to Swellendam.
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Cynanchum africanum
Cotula barbata
Dischisma ciliatum subsp. ciliatum
Diascia dielsiana
Euryops hebecarpus
Hibiscus pusillus
Osteospermum imbricatum
Erica curtophylla
Helichrysum cochleariforme
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Taxonomy term
Euclea acutifolia
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From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' and folia = 'leaf'
Euclea undulata
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From the Latin undulatus = 'undulating' or 'wavy'
Euphorbia burmannii
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This honours either Johannes Burman (1707-1779), Professor of botany at Leiden University who wrote Rariorum Africanarum Plantarum (1738), or his son Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1733-1793).
Euphorbia ecklonii
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Named after Christian Frederick Ecklon (1795-1868), a Danish apothecary, plant collector and traveller. His plant collecting trips were amongst the most noteworthy of the early plant collectors and many new species were described by him.
Euphorbia muirii
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Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came to the Cape in 1826 and in 1923 he retired and concentrated on the study of shells. He criss-crossed the Riversdale region in the course of his medical practice, collecting all the time. He published 'The Flora of Riversdale' which he published as Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa no 13, (1929). In 1929 he also presented his collection of drift-seeds he had found along the beach and was awarded a DSc from Edinburgh University.
Euryops ericoides
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From the Latin -oides meaning ‘resembling'; resembling the genus Erica, the heath
Euryops muirii
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Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came to the Cape in 1826 and in 1923 he retired and concentrated on the study of shells. He criss-crossed the Riversdale region in the course of his medical practice, collecting all the time. He published 'The Flora of Riversdale' which he published as Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa no 13, (1929). In 1929 he also presented his collection of drift-seeds he had found along the beach and was awarded a DSc from Edinburgh University.
Euryops virgineus
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From the Latin virgo = 'virgin', 'untouched'
Felicia aethiopica subsp. ecklonis
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Named after Christian Frederick Ecklon (1795-1868), a Danish apothecary, plant collector and traveller. His plant collecting trips were amongst the most noteworthy of the early plant collectors and many new species were described by him.
Felicia filifolia subsp. bodkinii
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Named in honour of Professor A. Bodkin (1847-1930) who collected plants with Dr Harry Bolus
Felicia minima
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from the Latin 'minima' meaning small; referring to the small size of the plants
Felicia muricata subsp. muricata
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From the Latin muricata = 'spiny' (like the purple fish, a murex), in reference to its elongate dorsal and pectoral-fin spines