Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Romulea rosea
Protea cynaroides
Asparagus rubicundus
Chasmanthe aethiopica
Disa purpurascens
Achyranthes aspera
Ornithoglossum viride
Bobartia indica
Melasphaerula ramosa
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Taxonomy term
Hymenophyllum capense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South or even Southern Africa.
Hymenophyllum marlothii
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Named after Hermann Wilhelm Rudolf Marloth (1855-1931), a German-born pharmacist, analytical chemist and botanist who collected plants in Namibia in 1886, discovering over 100 new species. A brilliant naturalist who translated his insightful observations together with art in his seminal Flora of South Africa.
Hymenophyllum peltatum
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From the Latin peltatus meaning ‘armed with small crescent shields’
Hypolepis
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Gk. hypo- = below; lepis = a scale; referring to the position of the sori under the revolute leaf margin.
Hypolepis sparsisora
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From the Latin sparsus = 'scattered' or 'sparse' and sora = 'sorus' (a cluster of spores on a fern)
Ifloga ambigua
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From the Latin ambiguus = 'ambiguous' or 'uncertain
Ifloga verticillata
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From the Latin verticillatus = 'having whorls', referring to the arrangement of the leaves upon the stem that radiate from a single point
Indigofera brachystachya
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From the Ancient Greek βραχύς brakhús = 'short' and stachys = 'spike', typically referring to a short spike (inflorescence) of flowers.
Indigofera capillaris
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From the Latin capillaris meaning 'hair-like’ or 'pertaining to hair'
Indigofera costata
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From the Latin costatum = 'ribbed'
Indigofera filifolia
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From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow
Indigofera filiformis
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From the Latin fili / filum meaning ‘thread’; and the Latin formis / formis meaning ‘in the form of’.
Indigofera incana
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From the Latin incanus = 'grey'