Eastern Cape
Nodes
Aristea schizolaena
Dietes iridioides
Gladiolus ecklonii
Gladiolus wilsonii
Dietes bicolor
Dietes grandiflora
Moraea huttonii
Moraea polystachya
Habenaria falcicornis
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Taxonomy term
Androcymbium orienticapense
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony.
Androcymbium striatum
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From the Latin ‘striatum’ / ‘striatus’ meaning ‘striped’
Anemone 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
Anisodontea julii
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Anisodontea scabrosa
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From the Latin scabridus = 'rough'
Anisotoma
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La. aniso- = unequal; tome = cut; hence, anisotome = ‘unequally cut’; possibly referring to the leaves or lobes.
Aponogeton junceus
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From the Latin junceus = ‘resembling a reed’
Aptosimum procumbens
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From the Latin procumbens meaning ‘lying down’
Argyrolobium
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Name from the Greek arguros, silver, and lobion, a pod.
Argyrolobium polyphyllum
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From Greek poly = 'many' and phyllon = 'leaf'.
Aristea
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From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
Asclepias
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Named in honour of Aesculapius, mythological god of medicine.
Asclepias cooperi
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Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains