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.
Nodes
Erica trichostigma
Antimima ventricosa
Arctopus dregei
Senecio bulbinifolius
Hesperantha erecta
Drosanthemum zygophylloides
Phyllobolus
Cheiridopsis rostrata
Oxalis
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Taxonomy term
Micranthus junceus
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From the Latin junceus = ‘resembling a reed’
Microdon capitatus
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From the Latin capitatus meaning ‘equipped with a head’, tyically referring to the arrangement of the flowers in a head-like inflorescence.
Moraea albiflora
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From the Latin 'albi' = white and 'flora' = flower.
Moraea fugax
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From the Latin ‘fugax’ / ‘fugax’ meaning ‘fleeting’
Moraea macrocarpa
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From the Greek makros = ‘big’ and karpos = ‘fruit’
Moraea miniata
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From the Latin miniatus = 'lead-coloured'
Moraea minor
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From the Latin minor = 'minor / diminutive / unimportant / little'; usually referring in relation to a larger or more impressive species
Muraltia divaricata
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From Latin divaricatus = "spreading"
Nemesia pinnata
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From the Latin ‘pinnata’ / ‘pinnatus’ meaning ‘feathered’
Nenax hirta
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From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower'