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Name Canonical name Scientific name Lookups Short etymology Long etymology Etymology applies to
Merciera tenuifolia var. thunbergiana Merciera tenuifolia var. thunbergiana Sond. archives.nd.edu For Carl Pehr (Peter) Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish botanist, physician, student of Linnaeus,...Edit

Thunberg did extensive botanical exploration in the southern Cape where no botanical collecting...

Anisodontea dissecta Anisodontea dissecta archives.nd.edu Edit
Eriosema populifolium subsp. populifolium archives.nd.edu From Populus, the poplar tree and the Latin folia = 'leaf'; with a leaf resembling a poplar. Edit
Anthericum indutum Anthericum indutum Poelln. archives.nd.edu Edit
Indigofera glandulifera Indigofera glandulifera Steud. archives.nd.edu Edit
Plectranthus laxiflorus archives.nd.edu Edit
Laurembergia tetrandra Laurembergia tetrandra (Schott) Kanitz archives.nd.edu Edit
Conophytum rubricarinatum Conophytum rubricarinatum Tischer archives.nd.edu From the Latin rubrum = 'red' and carina = 'keel' Edit
Protea lacticolor var. angustata Protea lacticolor var. angustata E. Phillips archives.nd.edu From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’ Edit
Blaeria dumosa var. breviflora Blaeria dumosa var. breviflora N.E. Br. archives.nd.edu From the Latin brevis = "short" and flora = "flower".  Edit
Kyllinga crassipes archives.nd.edu From Latin crassus = "thick" and pes = "foot". In plants the foot often alludes to the base of a...Edit
Otholobium nigricans archives.nd.edu Edit
Lonchitis caffrorum Lonchitis caffrorum Bernh. archives.nd.edu From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit
Asparagus buruensis Asparagus buruensis Engl. archives.nd.edu Edit
Mesembryanthemum agninum var. integrifolium Mesembryanthemum agninum var. integrifolium Salm-Dyck archives.nd.edu From the Latin integri = 'entire' and folius = 'leaves'. i.e. The plant having entire leaves,...Edit

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