Eastern Cape
Nodes
Habenaria clavata
Bonatea cassidea
Calanthe sylvatica
Eulophia speciosa
Bonatea speciosa
Satyrium longicauda
Disa cornuta
Disa crassicornis
Disa sagittalis
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Taxonomy term
Chrysocoma ciliata
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From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes.
Clivia miniata
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From the Latin miniatus = 'lead-coloured'
Clivia nobilis
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From the Latin nōbilis meaning noble or noteworthy.
Colchicum
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Gk. From Colchis, an ancient region of Georgia, near the north-eastern Black Sea, in the Caucasus.
Combretum kraussii
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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).
Commelina africana
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Commelina erecta
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From the Latin erectus = 'upright'
Conium fontanum
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From the Latin fontanus = 'growing in or near a spring'; referring to the organisms habitat
Corycium
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Gk. korys = helmet or helmet-like structure; korykion, diminutive of korykos = leather bag. The uppermost three tepals of this coarse, globose flower converge and touch, but not fused together into a hood (shape).
Cotula nigellifolia
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Cotula sericea
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From the Latin sericea meaning ‘silky’
Cotula sp
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Cotyledon orbiculata
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From the Latin ‘orbiculata’ / ‘orbiculata’ meaning ‘made into an orb’
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.