Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Pharnaceum lineare
Wachendorfia paniculata
Geissorhiza brehmii
Ixia dubia
Serruria aemula
Trachyandra brachypoda
Aristea juncifolia
Disa densiflora
Hydnora africana
Pages
Taxonomy term
Dianthus albens
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From the Latin albens meaning ‘turning white’ or 'whitened'
Diplachne livida
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From the Latin lividus = 'slate-coloured'
Dipogon lignosus
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From the Latin lignosus = 'woody', referring to the woodiness of the plant
Disa densiflora
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From the Latin densus = 'dense' and flora = 'flower'; the flowers are congested
Disa forficaria
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From the Latin forfex = 'a pair of scissors'
Disa maculata
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From the Latin maculatus = 'spotted', 'stained' or 'blotched'
Disa patens
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From the Latin patens = 'open', 'well known' or 'obvious'
Disa purpurascens
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From the Latin purpureus = 'purple' and -ascens meaning 'becoming' or '-ish'; i.e. purplish
Disa reticulata
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From the Latin reticulatus = 'net-like'; typically referring to the veins that have multiple secondary or tertiary veins
Disa rosea
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From the Latin roseus = ‘rose-coloured’ or 'red'