Namaqualand
Arid Region of the Northern Cape characterised predominantly by granite hills.
Nodes
Conophytum
Quaqua
Cotyledon
Pelargonium
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Androcymbium dregei
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Colchicum dregei
Hermannia disermifolia
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Taxonomy term
Holothrix
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Gk. holos = entire, whole; thrix (thricos) = hair; the plant is hairy all over.
Indigofera
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Indigo is derived from the La. indicus, Gk. indikos, referring to India; La. ferax = bearing. Indigo is blue dye (cf I. tinctoria).
Ixia macrocarpa
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From the Greek makros = ‘big’ and karpos = ‘fruit’
Ixia ramulosa
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From the Latin ramulosus = 'with many branching veins'
Ixia scillaris
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From the Latin ‘scillaris’ / ‘scillaris’ meaning ‘resembling a sea-onion’
Jamesbrittenia
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For James Britten (1846–1924), who was born in London and lived there his entire life. He was educated privately with the intention of becoming a medical doctor but favoured botany and accepted a position as an assistant at the Kew Gardens herbarium from 1869–1871. He was subsequently transferred to the botany department at the British Museum and worked there until his retirement in 1909. Britten published a number of dictionaries of British plants and botanists but was also an expert on Old English dialects and folklore and a devout Catholic who devoted time to social upliftment projects. He was evidently much admired by Otto Kuntze, who named Jamesbrittenia for him, as a strong upholder of the Principle of Priority in plant nomenclature and as a longtime editor of the Journal of Botany, a post he filled for 45 years.
Justicia cuneata
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From the Latin cuneatus = 'wedge-shaped' or 'tapering'
Kleinia
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For Dr Jacob Theodor Klein (1685–1759), German mathematician, lawyer and diplomat employed by the Danziger administration and in the diplomatic service. He was a keen naturalist, and his countless diplomatic journeys enabled him to collect many specimens and have one of the largest private nature collections of the 18th century. He also founded the world, famous Danzig botanical garden. An author of many works, he questioned the Linnaean classification (unsuccessfully), and the taxonomic method in his book Summa Dubiorum Circa Classes Quadrupedum et Amphibiorum in Celebris Domini Caroli Linnaei Systemate Naturae (1743) is based entirely on externally visible characteristics. He was a member of the Royal Society of London.
Lachenalia
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For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
Lachenalia unifolia
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Means having a single leaf
Lachenalia violacea
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From the Latin ‘violacea’ / ‘violaceus’ meaning ‘purple’
Lampranthus
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Gk. lampros = bright, shining; anthos = flower; referring to the light reflecting off the glossy petals.
Lapeirousia
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For Philippe Isidore Picot, former Lord of Lapeyrouse (Lapeirouse), Baron de Bazus (1744–1818), French botanist, geologist, and mineralogist. He was professor of natural history at Toulouse University, first Dean of the Faculty of Science, Mayor of Toulouse (1800–1807) under Napoleon, Secretary of the Academy of Sciences of Toulouse (from 1811), and creator of the Natural History Museum. He explored the entire Pyrenees twice, the second time with Déodat de Dolomieu (1750–1801). He was the author of papers on public education, geology, the mines and agriculture, and of the work Histoire abrégée des plantes des Pyrénées et itinéraire des botanistes dans ces montagnes (Brief history of the plants from the Pyrenees and botanists’ routes in the mountains) (1818).