Kwa-Zulu Natal
Nodes
Kniphofia breviflora
Pelargonium capitatum
Silene burchellii
Senecio harveianus
Rumex woodii
Pearsonia aristata
Oenothera rosea
Heteromorpha arborescens
Hermannia grandistipula
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Taxonomy term
Woodia verruculosa
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meaning with small warts, refers to the bumps on the underside of mature leaves
Xerophyta viscosa
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From the Latin viscosus = ‘sticky’
Xysmalobium gerrardii
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Named after naturalist and traveller William Tyrer Gerrard (?-1866) who collected in KwaZulu-Natal in 1860.
Xysmalobium stockenstromense
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Xysmalobium tysonianum
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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).
Zaluzianskya montana
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From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’
Zaluzianskya pulvinata
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From the Latin pulvinata meaning 'cushion-shaped'
Zantedeschia
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For Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773–1846), an Italian physician, pharmacist and botanist. He studied medicine and surgery at the universities of Verona and Padua. His botanical interests centred on the flora of Brescia, northern Italy, where he discovered and described several new genera such as Laserpitium nitidum, family Apiaceae. He authored Descrizione dei Funghi della Provincia Bresciana (1820) and other works. He corresponded with the German botanist Kurt Sprengel (1766–1833), who named the plant Zantedeschia after both Giovanni and his son Francesco Zantedeschi (1797–1873), professor of physics and philosophy at the University of Padua, who carried out experiments in electrical currents and magnetism.
Zantedeschia albomaculata
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From the Latin alba = 'white' and maculatus = 'spotted', 'stained' or 'blotched'
Zantedeschia rehmannii
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Commemorating the German botanist and bryologist Anton(i) Rehman(n) (1840-1917). He visited SA twice, in 1875-1877 and 1879-1880. He made over 9000 collections probably representing over 3000 species.
Zanthoxylum davyi
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Named after Joseph Burtt Davy (1870-1940) who founded what is now the National Hedrbarium in Pretoria