Limietberg range
A north-south trending range separating the lowland of Cape Town from the more arid inland. Named probably as the limit of the Cape Colony in the early days.
Nodes
Lobelia cuneifolia
Indigofera filicaulis
Erepsia
Aspalathus
Lachnaea globulifera
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Leucadendron
Diosma
Lachnaea
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Taxonomy term
Aspalathus
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From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
Diosma
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Gk. dios = divine; osme = fragrance; referring to the fragrant leaves, especially when crushed.
Epischoenus
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Gk. epi- = upon usually, here meaning ‘akin to’ the rush genus Schoenus (q.v.).
Erepsia
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Gk. erepo = to cover (with a roof) or erepso = I shall hide; referring to the staminodes covering and hiding the stamens.
Gymnostephium
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Gk. gymnos = naked; stephos = wreath, crown; alluding to the lack of pappus in the radiate flowers.
Lachnaea
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Gk. lachne = woolly hair; alluding to the downy calyx.
Lachnaea globulifera
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From Latin globulifer = 'carrying small balls'
Leucadendron
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Gk. leukos = white; dendron = tree; referring to commonly called ‘witteboom’ or ‘silver tree’.
Lobelia cuneifolia
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From the Latin cuneus = 'wedge' and folius = 'leaf'; referring to the shape of the leaf with a narrow base and wide apex
Lobelia jasionoides
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Metalasia
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Gk. meta- = meaning reverse; lasios = shaggy, woolly. The leaves are twisted, rolled upward, to present the woolly side of the leaf from the top to the bottom.
Prismatocarpus debilis
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From the Latin debilis meaning 'weak' or ‘fragile’
Protea
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Gk. After Proteus, a mythological sea-god, who could change his form at will, taking new shapes. Seemingly Linnaeus was so over-awed by the variety of plants sent to him from the Cape that he named the genus Protea. The authors could not confirm this.
Tritoniopsis pulchella
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From the Latin pulchellus meaning ‘beautiful’