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curio, curiosus, = meaning perhaps alluding to its peculiar morphology.
curio, = (a humourously-formed word, corresp. with curiosus), wasted by sorrow, lean, emaciated
curiosus, = enquiring eagery about a thing, inquiring into; curious, inquisitive;
The genus Curio was named by P.V. Heath in 1997 to accommodate those species (about 15) with elongated, succulent leaves and of which the flowers are lacking ray florets.
curio, = an abbreviation of a ‘curiosity’ (Latin curiositatem from curiosus)
kureo, = to light upon, find by chance, hit upon, win.
(ld, PSA, Ox, LS)
curio, = (a humourously-formed word, corresp. with curiosus), wasted by sorrow, lean, emaciated
curiosus, = enquiring eagery about a thing, inquiring into; curious, inquisitive;
The genus Curio was named by P.V. Heath in 1997 to accommodate those species (about 15) with elongated, succulent leaves and of which the flowers are lacking ray florets.
curio, = an abbreviation of a ‘curiosity’ (Latin curiositatem from curiosus)
kureo, = to light upon, find by chance, hit upon, win.
(ld, PSA, Ox, LS)
The 2825 species, 684 genera and 186 families of plants have been compiled from the lists of the plants:
- of the Hermanus Botanical Society compiled by Lee Burman, for the plants in the Fernkloof Nature Reserve, and the Vogelgat Private Nature Reserve, Hermanus. Location: (F).
- of Mark Johns, Director of the Kogelberg Reserve, and of COASTEC, environmental consultants, for the plants in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Betty’s Bay, in the WesternCape Province, South Africa. Location: (K).
- of Christopher Whitehouse, for the plants in the Phillipskop Mountain Reserve, Stanford, in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. Location: (P).
Suggestions for improvements to the lists and comments would be welcomed.