Eastern Cape
Nodes
Streptocarpus primulifolius
Orbea pulchella
Ceropegia radicans
Tecoma capensis
Huernia pendula
Orbea verrucosa
Ceropegia haygarthii
Rhigozum obovatum
Duvalia caespitosa
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Taxonomy term
Streptocarpus bolusii
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Named after renowned botanist, businessman, artist and philanthropist, Harry Bolus (1834-1911) after whom the Bolus Herbarium of UCT is named. Five genera are named after him and over 100 species. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Bolus
Striga
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La. strigo, from stringo = to grasp and hold fast. This word is associated with strigis = furrow, channel; and strix = screech owl, hag and witch. This parasitic plant, known as ‘witchweed’, is a vicious invasive species that seriously damages crop cereals by colonising the underground, and in so doing wipes out crops. The word striga can be used in the sense of rendering victims prematurely aged and weak.
Striga bilabiata
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Striga elegans
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From the Latin elegans = 'elegant' or 'neat'
Struthiola hirsuta
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From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Struthiola parviflora
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From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’.
Sutera floribunda
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From the Latin floribundus = 'many flowers'
Syncolostemon
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Gk. syn- = united; kolos = curtailed, stunted; stemon = pillar, stamen. At least two stamens are joined both to each other and to the corolla tube (Hugh Glen). The lower pair of filaments are connate and adnate to the corolla tube (Jackson).
Syringodea bicolor
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From the Latin bi meaning ‘two’; and the Latin color meaning ‘colour’. This typically refers to the flower having two colours
Tecoma 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
Tephrosia
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Gk. tephros = ash-coloured; referring to the leaves of these plants.
Tephrosia kraussiana
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For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–90), German naturalist, explorer and collector. In 1838, Krauss, an apothecary with a PhD in mineralogy, zoology and chemistry from Tübingen and Heidelberg (1836), sailed for the Cape. Here, he collected many specimens, especially molluscs and crustaceans, but also made a study of the geology, flora and fauna. From 1838–1839 he explored the areas between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and in 1840 the bush and seashore around the Congella River, Pietermaritzburg. He left to join the Natural History Museum, Stuttgart, in 1940, becoming its director in 1956. He wrote Die Südafrikanischen Crusaceen (1843) and Die Südafrikanischen Mollusken (1848).