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

APOCYNACEAE (G)
Num-Num and Milkweed Family (Le) Dogbane Family (Wi)

apo-, api-, = from, away from, out of, asunder, free;
kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach).
apocynum, = Greek for "dog-away" a family of flowering plants known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison.
(BL, ld, Wi)

ASCLEPIAS (G)
Milkweed (Le)

After Asklepios**.
(K3)

ASPIDOGLOSSUM (G)

aspis, = a shield;
-idion, = diminutive;
glossa, = the tongue.
(deeply lobed corolla resembling a forked tongue)
(LS, BL, Le)

ASTEPHANUS (G)

a-, an-, = denotes privative, negative;
a-, = without, not, -less, un-;
stephanos, = that which encircles; a crown, wreath.
(a kind of diadem or coronet, represented in statuary as worn by the goddess Hera and other deities; also worn by military commanders)
-anus, = indicates position, connexion or possession by.
(absence of a crown)
(Ox, LS, BL)

CYNANCHUM (G)
Buckhorn (Wf) Bokhoring (Le)

kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach);
agcho, agchone, = to strangle, throttle;
-um, = indicates possibility or result of action.
(toxicity of some species)
(LS, BL, Le)

EUSTEGIA (G)

eu-, = well;
(good, well developed, normal, true)
stege, = a roof;
-ia, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(triple corolla)
(LS, BL, K3)

GOMPHOCARPUS (G)
Cottonbush (Wf) Katoenbos (Le)

gomphos, = a large wedge-shaped bolt or nail;
(nail)
carpos, = fruit.
(LS, BL)

MICROLOMA (G)
Firecracker Vine (Wf)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant;
loma, = the hem or border of a robe.
(hem, fringe, border)
(corolla tube has five tufts of deflexed hairs)
(LS, BL, Le)

ORBEA (La)
Carrion Flower (Wf)

orbis, = a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle;
(ring, circle, orb)
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(probably a reference to the well developed annulus)
(ld, BL, Le)

SECAMONE (Ar, La)

Derived from the Arabic name of Secamone aegyptica, “squamona”.
squama, = scale (of a fish, serpent);
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
sqamosus, = full of or covered with scales, scaly, squamous.

(Le, ld, BL)

ONCINEMA (G)

oncos, = mass, bulk; in modern Greek, also tumour;
(swollen, puffed out, bulky)
nema, = that which is spun, thread, yarn, the thread of a spider’s web.
(anthers carry ovate appendages)
(Ox, BL, LS, Le)