
Witwatersrand region
This is a region in pre-apartheid South Africa centred in the southern central Transvaal incorporating Johannesburg and Pretoria. It comprises the Magaliesberg, Pilanesberg and the Witwatersrand mountain rainges. It extends south to the Vaal river and north to the Pilanesberg. Of the 750 tree species to be found in the Transvaal, more than 160 are found in this region.
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Terminalia sericea

Olinia emarginata

Croton gratissimus

Apodytes dimidiata

Protea caffra

Rhamnus prinoides

Pouzolzia mixta

Myrica serrata

Ficus thonningii
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Taxonomy term
Olea capensis subsp. enervis
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Osyris lanceolata
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From the Latin term for a spear or lance, and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
Pachystigma macrocalyx
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From the Greek makro = 'large' and calyx = 'calyx'
Pappea 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
Pavetta zeyheri
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Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One of South Africa's foremost botanical collectors who is synonymous with his collecting partner Ecklon. He began collecting in the Cape in 1822, undertook a major expedition to Kaffraria (the Eastern Cape) 1831-1832 and to the Transvaal from 1840-1842.
Peltophorum africanum
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From the Latin africanus meaning "from Africa"
Pouzolzia mixta
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From the Latin 'mixtus' meaning mixed
Protea gaguedi
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Ethiopian name for the plant
Psydrax livida
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From the Latin lividus = 'slate-coloured'
Rauvolfia caffra
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From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei and Keiskamma rivers in the latter half of the 19th century
Rhoicissus tridentata
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from Latin tri = 'three' and dentata = 'toothed'. Typically referring to the leaves.
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