Eastern Cape
Nodes
Brachystelma cathcartense
Carissa bispinosa
Ceropegia ampliata
Cynanchum natalitium
Sebaea hymenosepala
Pachycarpus concolor
Carissa macrocarpa
Asclepias navicularis
Pachycarpus linearis
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Taxonomy term
Testudinaria
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La. testudo = tortoise; -aria = relating to; referring to the aerial rootstock resembling the carapace of a tortoise.
Thesium
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Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
Thesium junceum
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From the Latin junceus = ‘resembling a reed’
Thunbergia 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
Thuranthos nocturnale
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La. thur, Gk. thyos = incense; anthos = flower; referring to its fragrance.
Trachyandra
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Gk. trachys = rough; andros = male. The thick filaments are usually hairy.
Trachyandra asperata
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From the Latin asper = 'becoming rough' or 'uneven'
Trachyandra saltii
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Gk. trachys = rough; andros = male. The thick filaments are usually hairy.
Tridactyle bicaudata
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Tritonia
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La. triton = weathercock; alluding to the variable positions of the stamens. (Triton was also a Greek sea demigod, often represented as half man, half fish.)
Tritonia disticha
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From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
Tritonia disticha subsp. rubrolucens
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From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
Tritonia lineata
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From the Latin lineatus = 'lined'
Tritonia securigera
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