Genera within a family

calos, = beautiful, fair;
-opsis, = aspect, appearance, hence ‘resemblance’.
(LS, BL)

canna, = a reed, cane;
-omoios, = -like, resembling.
(LS)

ceras, = a horn;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
caryon, = the nut;
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(the fruit)
(LS, BL, Le)

chondros, = a corn, grain, groat; like groats;
petalos, = spread out, unfolded, broad, flat.
petalon, = a leaf.
(in modern botany, petal)
(LS, BL)

elegos, = a song of mourning, a lament.
(song of lamentation)
(LS, Le)

(h)upo, = under, beneath;
(below, under, beneath)
diskos, = a round plate, quoit.
(lobed disc that crowns the ovary in some species)
(LS, BL, Le)

iskhuros, = stiff, firm, lasting, hard;
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(sheaths of plant)
(LS, BL, Le)

For Maxwell Tylden Masters (1833-1907);**
-ellus, = diminutive.
(Ch)

For Neville Stuart Pillans (1884-1964).**
(Ch)

platys, = flat, wide, broad;
caulos, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(LS, ld)

restis, = a rope, cord;
-io, = indicates the abstract or general result of an action.
(early settlers used ‘restios’ for rope)
(ld, BL, Le)

For Johan Heinrich Julius Staberoh (1785 1857).**
(Ch)

thamnos, = a bush, shrub;
khortos, = grass, hay.
(branched sterile branches)
(LS, Le)

For Karl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812).**
(Ch)

anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
khortos, = grass, hay.
(LS)

askos, = a leathern bag, a wineskin;
-idium, = diminutive;
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.

(LS)

rhodon-, = the rose;
rhodo-, = rose-, rosy-red;
come, = the hair; the foliage, leaves of trees.
coma, = the hair of the head.
(tuft of hair)
(terminal clusters of reddish inflorescences)
(LS, BL, Ws, Le)

soror, = a sister; the Muses; a female friend, playmate or companion;
vetus, = old; of long-standing, aged.

(ld)