Species Cyclopia capensis
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There aren’t any identifications of Cyclopia capensis.
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Location unknown
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Etymology of Cyclopia:
Gk. kyklos = circle, round, circular; ops = eye; referring to the circular base of the calyx; a more likely derivation than from Kyklops, the one-eyed monster of Homer’s Odyssey.
Etymology of capensis:
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
Scientific name:
Cyclopia capensis T. M. Salter
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Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Cyclopia capensis.