Genera within a family

Family: 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
OROBANCHACEAE (G)
The Broomrape Family (Wi)
orobos, = the vetch;
ancho, = strangle, to throttle.

(the genus Orobanche is parasitic and believed to kill the host plant)

(LS, BL, Ox, Le)
ALECTRA (G)
Yellow Witchweed (Le)
alector, = a cockerel, Alectron.**
electron, = amber.
(allusion vague)
(LS, Ox, Le)
BARTSIA
After Johann Bartsch (Johannes Bartsius) (1709-1738),** German or Prussian botanist and physician who was born in Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad, Russia).
(Ch)
HARVEYA
Ink Flower, Inkblom (Le)
For William Henry Harvey (1811-1866).**
(Ch)
MELASMA (G)
Witches Foxglove (Le)
melas, = black, dark, gloomy, dusky, murky;
melasma, = black spot, black dye; to blacken.
(plants turn black upon drying)
(LS, Le)
OROBANCHE (G)
Broomrape (Le)
orobos, = the vetch;
ancho, = strangle, to throttle.
orobanche, = a plant, broom-rape, choke-weed.
(parasite believed to kill the host plant)
(LS, BL, Ox, ld, Le)
BELLARDIA (Now BARTSIA)
For Carlo Antonio Lodovico Bellardi (1741 - 1826),** ),** Italian physician, botanist, bryologist and mycologist.
(Ch)