
West Coast Municipal District (DC1)
This is a broad mainly lowland municipal region of the Cape (Code DC1) that extends from the coast north of Cape Town to Namaqualand. It includes many of the the mountains of the Cedarberg, Piketberg and a portion of the Roggeveld escarpment. It extends north till the borderline with the Northern Cape - between Garies and Bitterfontein and in line with Lepelfontein near the coast. The West Coast lowlands region is a far smaller region that excludes the Cedarberg mountains and ends further south around Van Rhynsdorp.
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Corycium deflexum
Cyanella alba
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Taxonomy term
Agathosma 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
Agathosma imbricata
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From the Latin imbricatus meaning ‘overlapping / tiled’
Aizoon
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Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.
Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Albuca acuminata
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From the Latin acuminatus = ‘tapering to a point’
Albuca altissima
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From the Latim 'altissimus' meaning high; referring to the height of the plant.
Albuca cooperi
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Named in honour of English botanist Thomas Cooper (1815-1913). He collected many plants in the Drakensberg mountains
Albuca fragrans
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From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’
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 distans
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From the Latin distans = 'distant' meaning 'separate' or 'different'
Aloe mitriformis
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Anthospermum spathulatum subsp. spathulatum
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From Latin spatula 'a flat piece' typically referring to flat leaves
APOCYNACEAE
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From the genus Apocynum ("dogbane"), from the Greek apokynon, from apo-, away from, kynon, a dog; i.e. poisonous to dogs.
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