Southern Cape
An intermediate summer-winter rainfall area of South Africa sandwiched between the Langeberg mountains and the sea. It arguably includes portions of the Klein Karoo, but we exclude this area and extend the area east to Port Elizabeth and west to Swellendam.
Nodes
Lobelia pinifolia
Euphorbia burmannii
Hermannia lacera
Nemesia barbata
Erica bauera
Haplocarpha lyrata
Gerbera piloselloides
Lightfootia unidentata
Erica vestita
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Taxonomy term
Lobelia coronopifolia
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From the Latini coronopifolius meaning 'leaves like Coronopus'
Lobostemon echioides
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From the Greek echinus = 'sea-urchin' and -oides ='like, 'resembling'.
Lobostemon muirii
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Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came to the Cape in 1826 and in 1923 he retired and concentrated on the study of shells. He criss-crossed the Riversdale region in the course of his medical practice, collecting all the time. He published 'The Flora of Riversdale' which he published as Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa no 13, (1929). In 1929 he also presented his collection of drift-seeds he had found along the beach and was awarded a DSc from Edinburgh University.
Lotononis
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Combination of the two generic names Lotus and Ononis, both of which are legumes.
Manulea thyrsiflora
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Thyrsiflora is derived from the Ancient Greek thyrsos (θύρσος; meaning a 'contracted panicle, wreath, or thyrsos') and the Latin floris (gen. 'flower'), and so, thyrsiflora means approximately 'with flowers arranged in the shape of a contracted panicle or thyrsos staff'.
Maytenus polyacantha
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From the Greek poly = 'many' and acantha = a 'thorn'
Melianthus comosus
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From the Latin comosus = 'having long or abundant hairs' or 'with a tuft', 'having many leaves' or 'being leafy'
Metalasia brevifolia
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From the Latin brevis = "short" and folius = 'leaf'
Metalasia galpinii
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Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,000 sheets to the National Herbarium in Pretoria and was dubbed "the Prince of Collectors" by General Smuts. Galpin discovered half a dozen genera and many hundreds of new species.
Metalasia gnaphalodes
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From the Greek gnaphalon = ‘hank of wool’ and oides = ‘in the form of’; referring to the genus Gnaphalium, a kind of cottonwood
Monopsis lutea
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From the Latin lūteus = 'saffron coloured' reffering to a yellow tinged with orange or brown. Typically referring to the flower colour.
Monsonia
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For Lady Ann Monson (née Vane) (1714–1776), English naturalist and great-granddaughter of Charles II. In 1774, aged 60, she came to the Cape on her way to India. Carl Peter Thunberg (1743–1728), who had arrived two years earlier to collect plant specimens and learn Dutch, took Lady Ann to a number of farms adjacent to Cape Town. She seemingly had more interest in the animal kingdom than the floral one. Lady Ann corresponded with Linnaeus, who seemed besotted with her, and he named the genus in her honour, writing: ‘Nature has never produced a woman who is your equal – you are a phoenix among women.’