Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Ornithogalum
Homeria ochroleuca
Moraea ramosissima
Bartholina burmanniana
Protea speciosa
Erica nevillei
Amaryllis belladonna
Babiana ambigua
Gladiolus watsonius
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Taxonomy term
Moraea bituminosa
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From the Latin bituminosus = 'tar-like'
Moraea collina
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From the Latin collinus = 'pertaining to hills'; referring to the habitat
Moraea flaccida
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From the Latin flaccidus = ‘flaccid / flabby’; frequently referring to a sprawling habit
Moraea fugacissima
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From the Latin fugax = 'fleeting' or 'wasting away quickly' and -issima = 'very' in reference to the flowers that only last a few hours.
Moraea virgata
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From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Myrica cordifolia
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From the Latin ‘cordi’ / ‘cor’ meaning ‘heart’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Myrica kraussiana
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For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–90), German naturalist, explorer and collector. In 1838, Krauss, an apothecary with a PhD in mineralogy, zoology and chemistry from Tübingen and Heidelberg (1836), sailed for the Cape. Here, he collected many specimens, especially molluscs and crustaceans, but also made a study of the geology, flora and fauna. From 1838–1839 he explored the areas between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and in 1840 the bush and seashore around the Congella River, Pietermaritzburg. He left to join the Natural History Museum, Stuttgart, in 1940, becoming its director in 1956. He wrote Die Südafrikanischen Crusaceen (1843) and Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken (1848).
Myrsiphyllum ovatum
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From the Latin ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’
Myrsiphyllum scandens
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From the Latin scando meaning 'climbing or sprawling'