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
RUTACEAE (La)
Citrus Family (Wf)
ruta, = a bitter herb, rue.
(ld)
ACMADENIA (G)
Buchu (Le)
acme, = the highest point of anything, the bloom, flower, prime of man’s age;
aden, adena, = an acorn, a gland.
(referring to the glands on the anthers)

(LS, Ox, Le)
ADENANDRA (G)
China Flower, Porseleinblom (Le)
aden, adena, = an acorn, a gland;
aner, andrus, = man, of a man.
aner, andros, = male, stamen.
(gland-bearing anthers)
(Ox, LS, BL, Le)
AGATHOSMA (G)
Buchu, Boegoe (Le)
agathos, = good in their kind;
osme, = a smell, scent, odour, whether good or bad.
(fragrant oils in the glands of leaves)
(LS, Le)
COLEONEMA (G)
Confetti Bush (Le)
koleos, = a sheath or scabbard of a sword;
nema, = that which is spun, thread, yarn, the thread of a spider’s web.
(infertile stamens which are included in a sheath along the inside of the petals)
(LS, Le)
DIOSMA (G)
False Buchu (Le)
dios, = godlike, excellent, mighty; divine, marvellous;
Dios, = Zeus**;
osmē, osma, = a smell, scent, odour, whether good or bad; a scent, perfume.
(LS)
em-, = in, within;
pleura, pleuron, = a rib; the ribs, the side.
(seeds are contained within a membranous inner hull of the ripe capsule)

(BL, LS, Le)
eu-, = well;
(well, good, thoroughly, completely, truly)
chaite, = long flowing hair; a horses mane; of trees coma, leaves, foliage.
(petals bearded on the inner surface)
(LS, BL, Le)