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Genus: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
SATYRIUM (G, La)
Satyr Orchid, Trewwa (Wf)
Family: ORCHIDACEAE
satyros, = satyr;
saturus, = satyr;
satyrion, = Greek name for an orchid with aphrodisiac properties
SATYRS;**
-ium, = means 'characteristic of', hence indicates connexion or resemblance.
(probably alludes to the two floral spurs, a unique feature of the genus)
(Ox, Co, BL)
Satyrium bicallosum (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
callum, = the hard skin or the hard flesh of plants;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
callosus, = with a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous.
(callused (hard and thick in texture) – Thunberg refers to the two short spurs as the two calluses upon which the name is based)
(ld, BL, Co)

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.