Genera within a family

capos,= a garden, an orchard, pot plant;
bolos, = a lump or mass of anything.
(tufted growth form - resemblance to the genus OREOBOLUS.)
(LS, Le)

carex, = reed-grass, rush or sedge.
(Latin name for sedge)
(In some species the upper florescent spikes are without seeds because the spikes are male)
(ld, Le, Cl)

carphos, = any dry particle, a dry stalk or chip; dry twigs, straws, bits of wool, such as birds make their nests of; husks or chaff.
(LS)

chrysos, = gold;
chrys-, chryso-, = golden-;
thrix, = the hair both of man and beast; sheep’s wool.
(LS, BL)

cyathos, = a cup; a cupping-glass;
(ladle, cup)
come, = the hair; the foliage, leaves of trees.
coma, = the hair of the head.
(tuft of hair)
(LS, BL, Ws)

kupeiron, kupeiros, = a marsh-plant.
(a rush or sedge)
(LS, Le)

epi-, = upon, over, on top of, added to;
schoinos, = a rush; a sharp, tough rush or reed, used as an arrow; also as a spit.
(epi-, here meaning ‘akin to’ the rush genus SCHOENUS)
(BL, LS, Le)

For Heinrich David Auguste Ficinus (1782-1857).**
(Ch)

For Jørgen Fuiren (1581-1628).**
(Ch)

For Hellmuth Steudel, the son of of Ernest Gottlieb von Steudel (1783-1856).**
(Ch)

isos, = equal to, the same as, like;
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(LS, BL)

For Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858).**
(Ch)

kupeiron, kupeiros, = a marsh-plant, used to feed horses.
(a rush or sedge)
(Anagram of the genus CYPERUS: inflorescences similar)
(Le, LS)

schoinos, = a rush;
plektos, = plaited, twisted, twined.
(LS)

schoinos, = a rush;
xiphos, = sword.
(swordlike rush)
(LS, BL, Le)

tetros, = four;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(the first described species of this genus had its floral parts in fours)
(LS, BL, Le)

mar, = marsh.

Old name used by Pliny the Elder (A.D. 23-79) for a kind of rush.

(Le)

schoinos, = a rush.
(LS)

(h)eleios, = of or in the marsh;
charis, = graceful, pleasing, agreeable, lovely, pretty, elegant.

(LS)