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
RUBIACEAE (La)
Gardenia Family (Le)
rruber, ruberus, = red, ruddy;
(referring to the colour of the roots)
(ld, K3)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(male flowers may carry a small ovary capable of carrying a seed)
(LS, Le)
CARPACOCE (G)
Stinkbossie (Sw)
carpos, = fruit;
acoce, = a point, edge.
(fruit ends in a sharp point)
(LS, Le)
GALIUM (G)
Goose-grass, Ladies Bedstraw(Le)
gala, = milk;
-ium, = diminutive.
(some species used to curdle milk)
(LS, BL, Le)
For Albertus Magnus (c.1200-1280),** sometimes called Albert Graf von Bollstädt, also called Teutonicus, Coloniensis Albert, Albert the Great, St. Albert, the German Albert, and Albert of Lauingen. He was born Albert de Groot, and later the surname Magnus ("the Great"), which was the Latin equivalent of his family name, was applied to him by Roger Bacon and other contemporaries. He was a famous German cleric, philosopher and theologian who wrote De vegetabilus, a botanical work in seven volumes.
(Ch)
nenia, = a funeral song, song of lamentation, dirge; a mournful song; (Nenia/Naenia,** the goddess of funeral songs, the dirge-goddess).
(ld)