Western Cape
Nodes
Asclepias
Gladiolus uysiae
Gladiolus permeabilis
Gladiolus vaginatus
Gladiolus
Gladiolus tristis
Gladiolus trichonemifolius
Gladiolus vandermerwei
Gladiolus mutabilis
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Taxonomy term
Conophytum jucundum
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From the Latin jucundus meaning 'pleasant'.
Coprosma repens
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From the Latin repens = ‘creeping’
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Cyphia bulbosa
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From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Dorotheanthus
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For Dorothea Schwantes (1849–?) (née Meyer), wife of farmer Jürgen Meyer and mother of German professor and botanist Gustav Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes, who published the genus in her honour in 1927.
Drimia
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Gk. drimys = acrid, pungent; referring to the sap which is considered irritating or even toxic in many species.
Drosera
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Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Duvalia caespitosa
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From the Latin caespitis = 'grassy' or 'mound'; i.e. forming a low rounded mound
Echium plantagineum
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Resembling the genus Plantago, the plantain or fleawort
Edmondia
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The previous belief that this genus might honour James W. Edmond, Scottish botanist (died 1815) has been discredited as new evidence indicates he died in 1875. Possibly named after Englishborn Edmund Davall (Davallia. q.v.) It is possible that the French botanist Alexandre Henri Gabriel de Cassini (1781–1832) mis-spelled Devall’s first name ‘Edmund’ as this English word ‘Edmund’ is spelled ‘Edmond’ in French, hence the genus Edmondia.
Erepsia
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Gk. erepo = to cover (with a roof) or erepso = I shall hide; referring to the staminodes covering and hiding the stamens.
Erica
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Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
Erica embothriifolia
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The namer refers to a likeness of the leaf to the genus Embothrium, a genus that occurs in South America and Australia