South Africa
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Erica grisbrookii
Erica eugenea
Erica eugenea
Erica eugenea
Erica serratifolia
Erica serratifolia
Erica seriphiifolia
Erica serratifolia
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Taxonomy term
Agathosma nigromontana
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From the Latin nigro = 'black' and montana = 'mountains'; i.e. coming from the Swartberg mountains of the northern Klein Karoo
Agulhas Long-billed Lark
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Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Albuca fastigiata
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From Latin fastigatus = an 'apex' or 'summit'; referring either to the organism narrowing towards the top; having upright usually clustered branches; or to the organism occurring on a summit.
Alciope lanata
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From the Latin lanatus = 'woolly'
Alciope sp
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Alciope tabularis
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From the Latin tabula = a 'slab'; referring to a tablet or a table, referring to something flat or from Table Mountain
Alectoris chukar
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Allen’s Gallinule
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Aloe
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Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
Aloe archeri tugenensis
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Aloe bainesii
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Likely named after the English painter and explorer (John) Thomas Baines (1830-1875) who co-discovered Welwitschia mirabilis; or Thomas Charles John Baines (1830-1893), a South African road engineer who built over 900km of roads including many of the famous passes in South Africa; or less-likely English botanist Henry Baines (1793-1878) who published the Flora of Yorkshire (1840).
Aloe brevifolia
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From the Latin brevis = "short" and folius = 'leaf'
Aloe chimanimaniensis
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Aloe distans
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From the Latin distans = 'distant' meaning 'separate' or 'different'