Kwa-Zulu Natal
Nodes
Hypericum lalandii
Lobelia laxa
Tridactyle tricuspis
Senecio heliopsis
Oxygonum dregeanum
Helichrysum krookii
Schizochilus bulbinella
Moraea ardesiaca
Satyrium cristatum
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Taxonomy term
Asparagus falcatus
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From the Latin falcatus = "falcate / sickle-shaped". Typically referring to the leaves or the fruit.
Asparagus suaveolens
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From the Latin ‘suave’ = ‘pleasantly’; and the Latin ‘olens’ = ‘smelling’. i.e. pleasant smelling.
Asparagus subulatus
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From the Latin subulatus = ‘awl-shaped’; i.e. the organ is slender and narrowing to a point
Aster perfoliatus
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From the Latin per = 'through' and foliatus = 'leaf'; the stem passes through the leaf
Athanasia montana
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From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’
Athrixia fontana
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From the Latin fontanus = 'growing in or near a spring'; referring to the organisms habitat
Athrixia gerrardii
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Named after naturalist and traveller William Tyrer Gerrard (?-1866) who collected in KwaZulu-Natal in 1860.
Bachmannia woodii
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Named after John Medley Wood (1827-1915) farmer, trader and botanist in Kwa-Zulu Natal, curator of Durban Botanic Garden from 1882 and founder of the Natal Herbarium
Barberetta aurea
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From the Latin aureus = 'golden', typically referring to the flower colour.
Barleria monticola
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From the Latin mons = 'mountain' and cola = 'dweller'; ‘a mountain-dweller’
Bauhinia galpinii
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Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.