South Africa
Nodes
Leucospermum reflexum
Lachenalia margaretae
Gerbera wrightii
Geissorhiza humilis
Lapeirousia corymbosa
Heterorhachis aculeata
Lachenalia bachmannii
Heterorhachis
Hymenogyne glabra
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Taxonomy term
Wigandia urens
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From the Latin urentis = "stinging / scorching" referring to the irritant hairs
Willow Warbler
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Wilson’s Phalarope
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Wilson’s Storm Petrel
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Wimmerella
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For Elfrieda Franz Wimmer (1881–1961), an Austrian botanist, naturalist, teacher and Roman Catholic priest. From his early youth, he had an interest in insects and plants. He studied in Vienna and Graz, and taught at St George’s College in Constantinople. In 1907, he was ordained and became chaplain in Vienna. Later, he became director of the Elisabeth Hospital Sisters of Mercy in Vienna until his retirement in 1958. In his spare time, he travelled to Asia Minor. From 1943–1953, Wimmer contributed to the book Das Pflanzenreich (The Empire of Plants) by Adolf Engler, in particular for the Campanulaceae-Lobelioideae. In 1944, he was appointed correspondent of the Natural History Museum in Vienna.
Wing-snapping Cisticola
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Wire-tailed Swallow
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Wood Sandpiper
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Woodland Kingfisher
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Woodwards’ Batis
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Woolly-necked Stork
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Wurmbea
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For Christoph Carl Friedrich von Wurmb (1742–1782), Saxony-born German naturalist and Dutch colonial administrator, who worked in Indonesia (Java) as a merchant in the service of the United East India Company. Later, in 1778, he moved to Batavia, where he became the first secretary and director of the Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen (Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences) in charge of its library and small botanical garden, donated by a member. A keen naturalist – he had a special interest in palm trees – Wurmb was the first traveller to publish accurate observations on the Bornean orangutan in its adult state (it had never before been seen at that time and initially thought to be a new species). He called this animal ‘Pongo’, named after the Mpongwe nation.
Xenus cinereus
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From the Latin ‘cinereus’ / ‘cinereus’ meaning "relating to ashes" or "ash-coloured" referring to the greyish colour of the leaves