Cape Town Area
Broad area from Cape Town to the Cape Peninsula that includes the Cape Flats.
Nodes
Gladiolus carneus
Moraea gawleri
Pterygodium acutifolium
Hessea cinnamomea
Holothrix villosa var. villosa
Tritoniopsis dodii
Protea lepidocarpodendron
Eriospermum lanceifolium
Moraea viscaria
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Taxonomy term
Coronopus squamatus
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From the Latin squama = ‘scale’
Crassula dichotoma
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From the Greek dichotomus = 'bifurcated', 'branching in two'
Crassula fascicularis
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From the Latin fascicularis meaning 'clustered' or ‘bundled’
Crassula flava
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From the Latin flavus = 'yellow' or 'golden'
Crassula pruinosa
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From the Latin pruinosus = ‘frosty’ or 'covered with a waxy whitish-bloom'
Crassula thunbergiana
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For Carl Pehr (Peter) Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish botanist, physician, student of Linnaeus, professor of botany and medicine at Uppsala University (1784–1828) who visited the Cape from 1772–1775 to study the Cape’s flora.
Crotalaria 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
Curtisia dentata
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From the Latin dentatus meaning 'toothed'. Each tooth is angled equally as compared with serrate in which the projections are angled more on one side than the other (forward pointing).
Cyathea 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
Cymbopogon excavatus
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From the Latin excavatus = 'hollowed out'
Cynosurus echinatus
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From the Latin ‘echinatus’ / ‘echinatus’ meaning ‘resembling a hedgehog’
Cyrtomium falcatum
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From the Latin falcatus = "falcate / sickle-shaped". Typically referring to the leaves or the fruit.