Southern Africa
Nodes
Watsonia wilmaniae
Wahlenbergia cuspidata
Tulbaghia coddii
Stirtonanthus taylorianus
Willdenowia humilis
Wahlenbergia krebsii
Watsonia coccinea
Utricularia stellaris
Xenoscapa fistulosa
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Taxonomy term
Elegia fistulosa
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From the Latin fistulosus = 'a shepherd's pipe' or a 'waterpipe'
Elegia fucata
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From the Latin word fucatus meaning 'painted' or 'colored';
Elegia microcarpa
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From the Greek 'mikron' = small and carpum = 'fruit'
Elegia recta
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From the Latin rectus = 'right / proper / straight'
Eleocharis acutangula
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From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' and angulus = 'angle'
Eleocharis dregeana
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Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of Huguenot ancestry. Prodigious botanists and plant collectors in the Cape.’
Eleocharis limosa
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From the Latin limosus meaning ‘slimy or muddy’; referring to the plant's habitat
Elionurus muticus
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From the Latin muticus = ' without a point'
Elodea canadensis
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Latin meaning from Canada
Epischoenus gracilis
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From the Latin gracilis meaning ‘graceful’
Eragrostis capensis
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From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa