Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Cassytha ciliolata
Otholobium virgatum
Tribulus terrestris
Brachysiphon fucatus
Staavia glutinosa
Hermannia grossularifolia
Crassula rupestris
Euphorbia tuberosa
Sonderina hispida
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Taxonomy term
Pellaea
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Gk. pellos = dusky; referring to the dark or black colour of the stipe in most species.
Pellaea calomelanos
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From the Greek ‘calo’ / ‘kallos?’ meaning ‘beauty?’; and the Greek ‘melanos’ / ‘melanos’ meaning ‘black’.
Pellaea hastata
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Spear-sahaped, from the Latin hasta meaning "spear".
Pellaea namaquensis
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namaquensis from the Namaqualand region of the Northern Cape, South Africa, originally inhabited by the Nama peoples, a Khoisan tribe that were traditionally hunter-gatherers.
Pellaea viridis
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From the Latin viridis = 'green'.
Penaea mucronata
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From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Persicaria decipiens
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From the Latin decipiens = ‘deceptive’ or 'false' / 'to catch' or 'trap'; usually referring to its similarity to another taxon
Pharnaceum elongatum
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From the Latin elongatus = ‘elongated’
Phylica plumosa
(Veerkoppie){"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
From the Latin ‘plumosa’ / ‘plumosus’ meaning ‘feathered’
Pleopeltis
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Gk. pleios = many, full of; peltis = small, round shield: referring to the peltate scales covering the immature sori.
Pleopeltis macrocarpa
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From the Greek makros = ‘big’ and karpos = ‘fruit’
Poa annua
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From the Latin annuus meaning a year, referring to a plant that is perennial and that completes its life cycle in a year