Eastern Cape
Nodes
Leucospermum cuneiforme
Peperomia tetraphylla
Morella cordifolia
Morella quercifolia
Ficus sur
Salix mucronata
Nymphaea nouchali
Diaphananthe caffra
Cyrtorchis arcuata
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Taxonomy term
Asclepias crispa
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From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy'
Asclepias cucullata
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From the Latin cucullatus = ‘hooded’
Asclepias gibba
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From Latin gibba, a 'hump'. Typically referring to a bump.
Aspalathus
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From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Aspalathus spinosa
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From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’
Aster
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Name from the Greek aster, a star.
Aster bakeranus
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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.
Astroloba
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From the Greek astro-, stellate; lobos, lobe.
Astroloba Uitewaal.
Genus of caulescent succulent perennials indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa. Plants offset from the base to form clusters. Leaves hard succulent, sharp, keeled, mucronate and pentastichous. Flowers tubular. Six perianth lobes in relatively actinomorphic arrangement.
Athrixia heterophylla
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From the Greek heteros = ‘the other of the two’; and the Greek phyllon = ‘leaf’.