Cedarberg
A semi-arid largely wilderness area comprising rugged mountains. The mountains are north-south trending and several ranges wide. It is home to a large number of endemic species including the famous snow Protea, Protea cryophila.
Nodes
Crassula fascicularis
Protea pityphylla
Solanum tomentosum
Lidbeckia quinqueloba
Moraea elegans
Disa comosa
Crassula nemorosa
Hermas gigantea
Spatalla
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Taxonomy term
Acrosanthes
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Gk. akros = at the tip, end; anthos = flower. The flowers appear, solitary, on a flower stalk.
Adenandra
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Gk. aden = gland; -andra = male, stamens; alluding to the appearance of the stamens (glandbearing anthers).
Agathosma
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Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
Amphithalea
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Gk. amphi = around; thallos = a green stalk; hence flowering all around the stem.
Anacampseros lanceolata
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From the Latin term for a spear or lance, and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
Anthospermum
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Gk. anthos = flower; spermum = seed. Although the flowers are usually dioecious – unisexual, male and female – ‘male’ flowers sometimes have ovaries capable of ripening seed.
Arctotis
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Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
Arctotis sp
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Aspalathus
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From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Asparagus
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From the Greek aspharagos, the name given to the edible Asparagus. A wide-spread genus which is greatly in need of revision. The root-system is an important character in the grouping, but owing to the inadequacy of the existing descriptions and the imperfection of the type specimens, correct identification is often very difficult. The flowering seasons seem to depend very largely on habitat. Some of the spiny species are called Wag-’n-bietjie.
Asteraceae
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Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
Athanasia
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Name from the Greek a, negative, and thanatos, death, in allusion to the persistent dry involucral bracts.
Aulax pallasia
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Named after Dr Dietrich Pallas (1768-1840), pharmacist and owner of the first apothecary shop in Cape Town.
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