Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Morella quercifolia
Wurmbea hiemalis
Pauridia minuta
Disa uniflora
Triglochin bulbosa
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
Satyrium rhynchanthum
Lampranthus emarginatus
Leucadendron salignum
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Taxonomy term
Chondropetalum microcarpum
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From the Greek 'mikron' = small and carpum = 'fruit'
Chondropetalum rectum
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From the Latin rectus = 'right / proper / straight'
Chondropetalum tectorum
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From the Latin ‘tectorum’ / ‘tecti’ meaning ‘roofs’
Chrysanthemum carinatum
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From the Latin carina = 'keel' in reference to the midvvein like a keel on the leaf blade.
Clematis brachiata
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From the Latin ‘brachiata’ / ‘brachiatus’ meaning ‘branched’
Clematis recta
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From the Latin rectus = 'right / proper / straight'
Cleretum pinnatifidum
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From the Latin pinnatifidus = ‘divided into feathers’
Cliffortia filifolia
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From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow
Cliffortia hirta
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From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower'
Clutia pulchella
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From the Latin pulchellus meaning ‘beautiful’
Conophytum muirii
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Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came to the Cape in 1826 and in 1923 he retired and concentrated on the study of shells. He criss-crossed the Riversdale region in the course of his medical practice, collecting all the time. He published 'The Flora of Riversdale' which he published as Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa no 13, (1929). In 1929 he also presented his collection of drift-seeds he had found along the beach and was awarded a DSc from Edinburgh University.
Conyza ambigua
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From the Latin ambiguus = 'ambiguous' or 'uncertain
Conyza canadensis
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Latin meaning from Canada