Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Ophioglossum bergianum
Isoetes capensis
Isoetes capensis
Selaginella pygmaea
Selaginella pygmaea
Lachenalia reflexa
Watsonia tabularis
Disa bracteata
Silene undulata
Pages
Taxonomy term
Aizoon paniculatum
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From the Latin paniculatus meaning 'tufted' or a 'panicle' referring to the form of the inflorescence
Albuca altissima
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From the Latim 'altissimus' meaning high; referring to the height of the plant.
Albuca imbricata
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From the Latin imbricatus meaning ‘overlapping / tiled’
Alisma
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Gk. (h)alisma = salt-loving; name for a water plant used by Dioscorides (physician, pharmacologist, botanist (c 40–90), and adopted by Linnaeus.
Alisma plantago-aquatica
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From the Latin ‘aquatica’ / ‘aquaticus’ meaning ‘relating to water’
Althenia filiformis
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From the Latin fili / filum meaning ‘thread’; and the Latin formis / formis meaning ‘in the form of’.
Ammocharis longifolia
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From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Amphithalea imbricata
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From the Latin imbricatus meaning ‘overlapping / tiled’
Anogramma leptophylla
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From the Greek leptos = 'thin / slender' and phyllum = 'leaf' - referring to a thin leaves
Anomatheca fistulosa
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From the Latin fistulosus = 'a shepherd's pipe' or a 'waterpipe'