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Etymologies can be looked-up on Dave's Garden, DoBE and LLD

Name Canonical name Scientific name Lookups Short etymology Long etymology Etymology applies to
Glekia Glekia Glekia Hilliard archives.nd.edu For Georg Ludwig Engelhard Krebs (1792–1844), German apothecary, one of the most prolific botanical...Edit
Cliffortia polygonifolia var. polygonifolia Cliffortia polygonifolia L. var. polygonifolia archives.nd.edu Edit
Lotononis divaricata archives.nd.edu From Latin divaricatus = "spreading" Edit
Lipocarpha senegalensis Lipocarpha senegalensis (Lam.) Dandy archives.nd.edu From Senegal in West Africa Edit
Eucomis bicolor archives.nd.edu From the Latin bi meaning ‘two’; and the Latin color meaning ‘colour’. This typically refers to the...Edit
Lonchostoma pentandrum archives.nd.edu Edit
Helichrysum ruwenzoriense Helichrysum ruwenzoriense S. Moore archives.nd.edu From the Ruwenzori mountains on the border of Uganda and the DRC. The highest peak is 5109m. The...Edit
Erica simulans var. simulans Erica simulans Dulfer var. simulans archives.nd.edu From the Latin simulans = 'resembling'; usually referring to the similarity to another species Edit
Ulex europaeus Ulex europaeus L. archives.nd.edu Edit
Aloe pienaarii Aloe pienaarii Pole-Evans archives.nd.edu Edit
Coelidium cymbifolium Coelidium cymbifolium C.A. Sm. archives.nd.edu Edit
Daubenya zeyheri archives.nd.edu Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One...Edit

Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858. 

Acharia tragodes Acharia tragodes archives.nd.edu Edit
Conicosia brevicaulis Conicosia brevicaulis (Haw.) Schwantes archives.nd.edu From the Latin brevis = "short"  and caule = 'stem' Edit
Harpagomantis tricolor archives.nd.edu Edit

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