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PENAEACEAE
Candleflower Family(
Wf
)
For Pierre Pena (c. 1520/1535-1600/1605).**
(
Ch
)
BRACHYSIPHON
(
G
)
brachys, = short, few, little; siphon, = a tube.
(
LS
)
PENAEA
Noughts-and Crosses (
Le
)
For Pierre Pena (1535-1605).**
(
Ch
)
SALTERA
Cape Fellwort(
Le
) Vliëebos
For Terence Macleane Salter (1883-1969).**
(
K3
)
SONDEROTHAMNUS
(
G
)
For Otto W. Sonder (1812 - 1881);** thamnos, = bush, shrub.
(
Ch
,
LS
)
STYLAPTERUS
(
G
,
La
)
stylos, = a pillar, a post, pale, beam; stilus, = a stake, pale; of the stem or stalk of many plants; a-, = without, not, un-; pteron, = feather, wings; (style without wings, as opposed to Penaea, which has a winged style)
(
LS
,
ld
,
Le
)