Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Silene gallica
Dipogon lignosus
Indigofera psoraloides
Foeniculum vulgare
Oxalis purpurea
Abutilon ramosum
Cotyledon orbiculata
Aspalathus crenata
Geranium incanum
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Taxonomy term
Vulpia bromoides
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From the Greek ‘brom’ / ‘bromos’ meaning ‘food’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Vulpia fasciculata
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Vulpia myuros
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From the Greek ‘myuros’ / ‘mus’ meaning ‘mouse’; and the Greek ‘uros’ / ‘ouros’ meaning ‘tail’.
Watsonia coccinea
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From the Latin coccineus = ‘scarlet’
Wiborgia obcordata
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From the Latin ob- = 'opposite' and cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; with the narrow end on the stalk-side
Widdringtonia nodiflora
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From the Latin nodus = ‘knot’; and the Latin flora = ‘flower’.
Witsenia maura
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From the Greek maura = 'pertaining to the Moors'; referring to the black flower colour
Wurmbea stricta
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From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted'
Zostera 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
Zygophyllum flexuosum
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From the Latin flexuosus = 'bent', 'curved'
Zygophyllum spinosum
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From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’