Smith, C.A. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. Government Printer, Pretoria.

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Portulacaria namaquensis Sond. (= Ceraria namaquensis (Sond.) H.Pearson & Stephens, C. gariepina H.Pearson & Stephens)

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Common names: Namaqua porkbush (Eng.), wolftoon, Namakwariem, Namakwaspekboom (Afr.)

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Erica cubica L. var. cubica

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Common names: cube heath (Eng.) kubusheide (Afr.)

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Pterocelastrus rostratus (Thunb.) Walp.

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Common names: red cherrywood, beaked pterocelastrus, red candlewood (Eng.); rooikershout, kersiehout (Afr.); ugobandlovu, usahlulamanye (Zulu); itywina (Xhosa)

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Roepera flexuosa (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Beier & Thulin (= Zygophyllum flexuosum Eckl. & Zeyh.)

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Common names: thin twinleaf (Eng.); spekbossie, spekbroodbossie, maerbossie, skilpadbos, vyfpondbos (Afr.)

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Tribolium uniolae (L.f.) Renvoize

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Common names: hare grass (Eng.); haasgras, koringgras (Afr.)

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Secale africanum Stapf.

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Common names: African rye, wild rye (Eng.); wilderog, Afrika-rog (Afr.)

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Bowiea gariepensis Van Jaarsv. (= Bowiea volubilis Harv. Ex Hook.f. subsp. gariepensis (Van Jaarsv.) Bruyns)

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Common names: white-flowering bowiea, white bowiea, Gariep bowiea (Eng.); lopertjie (Afr.)

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Huernia procumbens (R.A.Dyer) L.C.Leach

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Common names: Limpopo snake plant (Eng.); Limpopo aasblom (Afr.)

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Pachypodium bispinosum (L.f.) A.DC.

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Common names: bell-flower thick-foot (English), bobbejaankos, kafferkambroo, kragman, sterkman, dikvoet (Afrikaans)

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Carissa sebrabergensis Van Jaarsv. & Swanepoel 

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Common names: Sebraberg numnum (Eng.); Sebraberg-noemnoem (Afr.)

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