Meiringspoort
The towering sandstone cliff walls and breathtaking rock formations of Meiringspoort lie on the N12 between Beaufort West and Oudtshoorn. The poort follows the natural gorge hewn by the Groot Rivier (big river) through the Swartberg range connecting, on either end, the towns of Klaarstroom and De Rust, or the Groot and Klein Karoo respectively. It is famous for its waterfall
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Schotia
Dicoma picta
Pachypodium succulentum
Albuca tenuifolia
Euphorbia heptagona
Drimia platyphylla
Ruschia caroli
Cissampelos
Cysticapnos vesicaria
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Taxonomy term
Adromischus
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Gk. adros = thick; miskhos = a stalk; referring to the thick stalks of the species.
Agathosma
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Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Aloe
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Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
Anisodontea
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La. aniso- = unequal; -odontos = toothed; alluding to the irregularly dentate leaves.
APIACEAE
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Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
ARALIACEAE
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The umbrella tree family named after the genus Aralia with the common name Spikenard.
Arctotis
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Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
Asparagus
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From the Greek aspharagos, the name given to the edible Asparagus. A wide-spread genus which is greatly in need of revision. The root-system is an important character in the grouping, but owing to the inadequacy of the existing descriptions and the imperfection of the type specimens, correct identification is often very difficult. The flowering seasons seem to depend very largely on habitat. Some of the spiny species are called Wag-’n-bietjie.
Asteraceae
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Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
Bartholina
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Commemorates Thomas Bartholin, a Danish botanist, 1616-1680.
Boophone
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Gk. bous = ox; phonos = murder, slaughter; referring to the bulb sap which is poisonous, quite capable of killing oxen; hence one of the common names is ‘Oxbane’. Boopis means ‘ox-eyed’, a result of induced hallucinations from Boophone disticha, a traditional Zulu medicine.
Calobota
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Gk. kalos = beautiful; bota, botane = plant.
Carpobrotus edulis
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From the Latin edulis meaning 'edible'
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