Eastern Cape
Nodes
Diascia racemulosa
Blepharis procumbens
Barleria obtusa
Utricularia inflexa
Sclerochiton harveyanus
Zaluzianskya microsiphon
Utricularia livida
Asystasia gangetica
Selago cinerea
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Taxonomy term
Romulea thodei
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Honouring Justus Thode (1859-1932), a German naturalist and itinerant tutor
Rothmannia globosa
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From Latin globosus meaning globular, globose or spherical
Rubia cordifolia
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From the Latin ‘cordi’ / ‘cor’ meaning ‘heart’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Ruellia
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For Jean Ruel (Jean de la Ruelle) (1474–1537), a French physician, who obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Paris in 1502 and became dean of the medical faculty from 1508 to 1510. He was called to be personal physician to François I of France, but tactfully declined, saying that it would interfere with his studies. In about 1512, after the death of his wife, he was free to become a priest and was ordained canon of Notre-Dame de Paris. For the next 20 years, he dedicated his life to translating, commenting on and restoring the real text of the ancient Greek medical authors such as Dioscorides, Hippocrates, Galen, Euclid, Celsus and Pliny the Elder. He also wrote a treatise on botany De Natura Stirpium Libri Tres (1536), a massive work of some 666 pages.
Ruellia cordata
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Salpinctium
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Gk. salpinx = trumpet; salpinctēs = trumpeter; referring to the flared mouth of the flowers.
Salvia
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La. salvia = the sage plant; a name used by Pliny the Elder, from La. salvere = to heal; referring to the medicinal properties claimed for some species.
Salvia repens
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From the Latin repens = ‘creeping’
Sandersonia aurantiaca
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From the Latin aurantiacus = 'orange'
Sarcocaulon
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Gk. sarx, sarkos (sarco) = flesh; kaulon = stem; referring to the fleshy appearance of the stem.
Sarcophyte sanguinea
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From the Latin sanguis = 'blood'; generally referring to the colour blood-red.
Sarcostemma viminale
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Satyrium
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Referring to the two-horned satyr, a demigod in Greek mythology, half man, half goat; possibly from satyrion, a name used by Dioscorides and Pliny the Elder for an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, from the presumed aphrodisiacal properties possessed by the plant. The satyrs were closely associated with Dionysius. The allusion is to the two-spurred lip.
Satyrium cristatum
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From the Latin cristata / cristatus meaning ‘tufted’, 'crested' or 'comb-like' as in resembling the comb on a chicken