Saron Area
Farming area arond the town of Saron to the west of the Limietberg and Winterhoek mountains in the Cape.
Nodes
Leucadendron stellare
Babiana angustifolia
Sparaxis villosa
Geissorhiza aspera
Microloma
Pelargonium senecioides
Polycarena
Diascia
Polygala
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Taxonomy term
APIACEAE
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Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
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.
Babiana
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Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
Caryophyllaceae
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From the Greek ‘caryo’ / ‘karyos’ meaning ‘clove’; and the Latin ‘phyll’ / ‘phyllon’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Casuarina
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La. Casuarinus = a cassowary bird. The drooping branches of the tree are supposed to resemble the feathers of a cassowary.
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Cyphia bulbosa
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From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Cyphia crenata
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From the Latin crenatus = ‘notched' or 'battlemented', like the wall of a castle
Dianthus
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Gk. dios = godlike, divine; anthos = flower; probably referring to the scent.
Diascia
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Gk. di- = two; askion = wineskin, bladder, belly; referring to the two lateral corolla pouches.
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
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From the Latin ‘bellidi’ / ‘bellis’ meaning ‘a daisy genus’; and the Latin ‘formis’ / ‘formis’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Euphorbia
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Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Gethyllis
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Possibly Gk. getheo = I rejoice; ullus = diminutive, but most sources say from gethyon = a bulb, onion or species of leek. The bulbs of this genus are somewhat similar to those of the leek.
Gladiolus
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La. gladiolus = a small sword; referring to the sword-like shape of the leaves.
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