Eastern Cape
Nodes
Gladiolus permeabilis subsp. permeabilis
Bobartia orientalis
Moraea elliotii
Aristea ecklonii
Gladiolus longicollis
Freesia laxa
Tritonia securigera
Tritonia disticha
Hesperantha radiata
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Taxonomy term
Alectra sessiliflora
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From the Latin ‘sessili’ / ‘sessilis’ meaning ‘spreading’; and the Latin ‘flora’ / ‘flos’ meaning ‘flower’.
Alepidea
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Gk. a- = without; lepis = a scale. Speculatively, meaning free of sap-sucking insects.
Alepidea serrata
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From the Latin serratus = ‘serrated’ or 'saw-toothed'. Each tooth is angled more on one side than the other (forward pointing) as compared with dentate which is equally angled on both sides forming triangular teeth.
Aloe
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Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
Aloe ciliaris
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From the Latin ciliaris = ‘relating to the eyelash or fine hairs’
Aloe comptonii
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Honoring Prof. Robert Harold Compton (1886-1979). Cambridge educated botanist and the second director of Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, he made more than 35 000 collections. In 1914 he parrticipated in a field expedition to New Caledonia and found both new genera and new species. This collecting register is in the British Museum. After war service from 1915-1918 he became a professor of botany at the University of Cape Town. He founded and edited the Journal of South African Botany. Upon his retirement he settled in Swaziland and undertook a survey of the territory.
Aloe microstigma
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Aloe striata
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striped, from Latin striatus 'provided with channels or grooves'
Amaryllis
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Gk. Amaryllis (La. amarysso = to sparkle): the name of a pretty shepherdess in Virgil’s pastoral Eclogues. This attractive flower is commonly known as ‘Belladonna Lily’.
Androcymbium longipes
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From the Latin longus = 'long' and pes = 'foot'. In plants, this often refers to the base of the leaf or flower.
Androcymbium melanthioides
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