Klein Karoo
The Little Karoo is separated from the Great Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain range. Geographically, it is a 290 km long valley, only 40–60 km wide, formed by two parallel Cape Fold Mountain ranges, the Swartberg to the north, and the continuous Langeberg-Outeniqua range to the south. The northern strip of the valley, within 10–20 km from the foot of the Swartberg mountains is most un-karoo-like, in that it is a well watered area both from the rain, and the many streams that cascade down the mountain, or through narrow defiles in the Swartberg from the Great Karoo.
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Hermannia incana
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Hermannia
Chlorophytum
Zaluzianskya
Hermannia
Astroloba
Moraea speciosa
Jamesbrittenia
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Taxonomy term
Brunsvigia
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For Karl (Carl) Wilhelm Ferdinand (1713–1780), also known as Charles I or Karl I, duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, able military commander, ruler of Brunswick-Lüneburg from 1773, patron of the arts and sciences who promoted the study of plants, including the beautiful Cape species B. orientalis. He also founded the Collegium Carolinum, an institute of higher education, which is today known as the Technical University of Brunswick. The name Brunswick is the Latin translation of Braunschweig, a town in Germany that was a sovereign duchy of northern Germany between the 1st and 19th centuries.
Buddleja
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For Adam Buddle (1660–1715), English amateur botanist, vicar of Farnham, Essex, and collector of British plants. He was educated at Cambridge University, obtaining a BA degree in 1681 and an MA degree in 1685 and was ordained into the Church of England in 1703. Further details of his life are obscure. He is credited with creating Britain’s first herbarium and he compiled a new English flora, completed in 1708, but it was never published; the original manuscript is preserved at the Natural History Museum, London. He established a reputation as an authority on bryophytes.
Bulbine mesembryanthemoides
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From the Greek ‘anthe’ / ‘anthos’ meaning ‘flower ’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Bulbinella
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Bulbine (q.v.); Gk. -ellus, -ella = diminutive.
Bulbinella caudafelis
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Calobota
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Gk. kalos = beautiful; bota, botane = plant.
Calobota cytisoides
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From the Greek ‘cytis’ / ‘cytisos’ meaning ‘the plant called broom’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Calobota pungens
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From the Latin pungens meaning ‘prickly' or 'pungent'
Calopsis
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Gk. kalos = beautiful; -opsis = sight. The greenery of Calopsis is especially attractive when used in flower arrangements and as a backdrop to a water garden.
Carissa haematocarpa
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From the Greek haematos = "blood" and karpos = "fruit". The fruit are red
Caryophyllaceae
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From the Greek ‘caryo’ / ‘karyos’ meaning ‘clove’; and the Latin ‘phyll’ / ‘phyllon’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Centella
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Gk. kentron = a spur or sharp point; -ella = diminutive; probably alluding to the small, pointed styles.
Centella virgata
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From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Centella virgata
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From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves