Hottentots Holland to Hermanus
This is the approximate region dealt with by the "Hottentots Holland to Hermanus" field guide by Lee Burman.
Nodes
Disa cornuta
Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus
Acrolophia ustulata
Struthiola tomentosa
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
Gazania pectinata
Metalasia erubescens
Restio bifarius
Chasmanthe aethiopica
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Taxonomy term
Aristea capitata
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From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Aspalathus excelsa
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From the Latin ‘excelsa’ / ‘excelsus’ meaning ‘high’
Berkheya barbata
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From the Latin barbatus = 'bearded', with tufts of hair
Berzelia abrotanoides
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From the Latin -oides = 'like'; i.e. resembling the southern wood Artemisia abrotanum
Berzelia alopecurioides
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From the Greek alopex = ‘fox’; and the Greek oides = ‘in the form of’; usually referring the resemblance of the inflorescence to a fox's tail
Berzelia lanuginosa
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From the Latin lanuginosus meaning ‘with woolly down’; referring to a woolly covering of hair
Brachysiphon rupestris
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From the Latin rupestris = ‘associated with caves or rocks’
Brunia
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For Alexander Brown (f 1692–1698), a naval surgeon and plant collector who worked for the East India Company around 1690 and collected in India, the Cape, Spain and Arabia, etc. sending specimens to Plukenet (1641–1706), an English botanist, royal professor of botany and gardener to Queen Mary; James Petiver (c 1665–1718) a London apothecary; Jacob Bobart (c 1665–1718) in Oxford and to Charles du Bois (1656–1740), an English merchant and botanist, treasurer of the East India Company. He amassed a vast herbarium of East Indian plants. No further details are known.
Brunia albiflora
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From the Latin 'albi' = white and 'flora' = flower.
Brunia cordata
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From the Latin cordatus = ‘heart-shaped’; usually referring to the leaf shape
Brunia sphaerocephala
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From the Greek sphaero = 'spherical / round' and kephalon = 'head'; referring to the round flower heads