Transvaal
This is the evocative region of South Africa formerly known as the Transvaal. Named after being on the other (trans) side of the Vaal river from the Cape, it is fabled for its grassland, savanna and karroid (Karoo) vegetation. The post-apartheid government split this region into multiple provinces: Gauteng, North-West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The short-story writer and journalist, Herman Charles Bosman wrote many short stories set in the Groot Marico district of the Transvaal.
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Dais cotinifolia
Athrixia elata
Sutera
Habenaria epipactidea
Rothmannia capensis
Securinega virosa
Ipomoea crassipes
Kalanchoe paniculata
Crinum buphanoides
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Taxonomy term
Vernonia 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.
Vernonia natalensis
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From the Natal region along the east-coast of South Africa
Vernonia sutherlandii
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After James Sutherland (c. 1639-1719) superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
Vigna decipiens
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From the Latin decipiens = ‘deceptive’ or 'false' / 'to catch' or 'trap'; usually referring to its similarity to another taxon
Wahlenbergia caledonica
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pertaining to the town of Caledon in the Overberg region of the southern Cape
Wahlenbergia virgata
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From the Latin virgatus meaning 'striped' or more typically a ‘twig / switch’; typically referring to slender branches with few or no leaves
Walafrida densiflora
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From the Latin densus = 'dense' and flora = 'flower'; the flowers are congested
Walafrida tenuifolia
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From the Latin tenuis = ‘thin' or 'fine' or 'slender’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Waltheria indica
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From the Latin indicus = ‘relating to India’
Xerophyta humilis
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From the Latin humilis = ‘humble’; referring to a low or sprawling habit