Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Ilex mitis
Fumaria muralis
Lessertia capensis
Curtisia dentata
Oxalis flava
Hermannia alnifolia
Crassula capensis
Aspalathus araneosa
Pelargonium lobatum
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Taxonomy term
Todea barbara
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From the Latin barbara = 'foreign' or 'strange'
Trachyandra ciliata
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From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes.
Trachyandra hispida
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From the Latin hispidus = ‘rough’ or 'with bristles'
Trichomanes
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Gk. thrix, trichos = hair; manos = soft; referring to the delicate nature of the fronds.
Trichomanes melanotrichum
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From the Greek melanos = 'black' and thrix or trichos = 'hair'
Triglochin bulbosa
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From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Triglochin striata
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striped, from Latin striatus 'provided with channels or grooves'
Tritoniopsis dodii
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Named in honour of Lieutenant-Colonel Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861-1948), a british soldier and botanist. He bequeathed his herbarium of several thousand specimens to the British Museum.
Tylecodon grandiflorus
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From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers.
Typha
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Gk. typhos = marsh; referring to the plant’s favoured habitat being wetlands.
Typha 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
Virgilia oroboides
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From the Greek ‘orobo’ / ‘orobos’ meaning ‘vetch’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.