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ZALUZIANSKYA
Drumsticks, Verfblommetjie (Le)
Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE
For Adam Zalusiansky von Zaluzian (1558-1613).**
(Ch)
ZANTEDESCHIA
Arum Lily, Varkoor (Le)
Family: ARACEAE
For Professor Giovanni Zantedeschi (1773-1846).**
For Joseph Zehner.**
(Ch)
ZYGOPHYLLUM (G)
Twinleaf, Spekbos (Le)
Family: ZYGOPHYLLACEAE
zugon, = yoke;
zyg- = the prefix refers to conjugation;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(leaves bifoliate and appear yoked together)
(LS, Ox, Le)
ZYRPHELIS (G)
Plume Aster (Wf) Pluimastertjie (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE
sur- = super-;
filum, = thread;
filare, = to thread.
(Surfle, is to embroider; to paint or wash (the face etc.) with a cosmetic = ‘purfle’:-
perfilare, =
(a) to purfle; to border; to decorate with an ornamental border;
(b) to give to leaves, flowers, etc. a border or edge of a particular kind; to ornament with such a border.
phelex,= deceiver, name of a wild-fig, which seems ripe when it is not.

Name origin not clear. (but Le adds description: ‘fruits with thread-like hairs, pappus of ray and disc florets similarly plumose’)
(Possible misspelling of Zephyr**, the mythological god of the West wind and lover of Flora)

(Ox, LS, Le, Cl)