Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Adenogramma lichtensteiniana
Rumex cordatus
Trachyandra ciliata
Geissorhiza tenella
Aristea africana
Serruria fasciflora
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora
Disa racemosa
Viscum capense
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Taxonomy term
Gladiolus quadrangulus
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From the Latin quad = 'four' and angularis = ‘angular’; i.e. four-angled
Gladiolus undulatus
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From the Latin undulatus = 'undulating' or 'wavy'
Gleichenia
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For Wilhelm Friedrich Freiherr von Gleichen-Russwurm (sometimes recorded as Wilhelm Friedrich von Gleichen) (1717–1783), German lieutenant-colonel, botanist and amateur naturalist. He resigned from the military and court service in 1756 and devoted himself to microscopic examinations. One of his works, New Discoveries in the Vegetable Kingdom from Microscopical Observations, reflects the growing interest in microscopy as a tool of investigation and a means of categorising the natural world. Among his books (abbreviated titles) were The Latest from the Kingdom of Plants, and Microscopic Studies and Observations (1764), History of the Common House Fly (1764), Microscopic Observations of the Seeds of Animals and Different Infusions (1778) and Exquisite Microscopic Discoveries in Plants, Flowers and Insects (1777).
Glia capensis
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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
Gnaphalium purpureum spicatum
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From the Latin spicatus = ‘spiked’
Gnidia pinifolia
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From the Latin folia = 'leaf'; i.e. leaves like Pinus, a pine
Gnidia tomentosa
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From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly'
Grielum grandiflorum
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From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers.
Hakea suaveolens
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From the Latin ‘suave’ = ‘pleasantly’; and the Latin ‘olens’ = ‘smelling’. i.e. pleasant smelling.
Harveya capensis
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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