Kwa-Zulu Natal
Nodes
Kniphofia fluviatilis
Zantedeschia albomaculata
Ipomoea cairica
Myosotis sylvatica
Ranunculus meyeri
Senecio serratuloides
Tulbaghia natalensis
Helichrysum rugulosum
Lotononis calycina
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Taxonomy term
Erythrina latissima
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From the Latin lata = 'broad' and -issima an intensifier; denoting very broad
Eugenia albanensis
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From the Albany area of the southern Cape
Euphorbia 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).
Euphorbia triangularis
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From the Latin ‘triangularis’ / ‘triangularis’ meaning ‘triangular’
Euryops tysonii
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For William Tyson (1851–1920), Jamaican-born South African botanist, plant collector, schoolteacher. He taught in various South African schools (1874–1887), joined the forestry department as secretary to the superintendent (1888–1892), and became librarian and sub-editor of the Agricultural Journal for the agricultural department (1893–1904).
Evolvulus
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La. e- = without; volvulere = to roll, twist, hence unroll, untwist; referring to its non-climbing habit, unusual among members of the ‘morning glory’ (Convolvulus) family.
Ficus ingens
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Latin meaning huge or large
Galtonia viridiflora
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from the Latin 'virido' meaning green and 'flos' meaning flower; refers to the green colour of the flowers
Geranium pulchrum
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Lation from the word 'pulchre' meaning 'beauty'