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

CARYOPHYLLACEAE (G)
Carnation Family(Wf)

caryon, = the nut; phyllon, = a leaf. caryophyllon, = the clove-pink.
(LS, Ox)

CERASTIUM (G)
Mouse-ear(Le) Chickweed

ceras, = horn; -ium, = 'characteristic of'. (horned capsules)
(LS, BL, Le)

dios, = godlike, excellent, mighty; divine, marvellous; anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower. (flower of Zeus**; probably referring to the scent)
(LS, Le)

PETRORHAGIA (G)

petros, = a piece of rock, a stone; ragas, ragades, = rent/s, chink/s. (possibly a reference to the brown stone-like calex of a single bud at the end of a stem from which the petals emerge)
(LS, Ox, LB)

POLYCARPON (G)
Allseed(Le) Naaldvrug

polys, polle, poly, = (of number ), many; (of size), heavy; (of value), much; carpos, = fruit.
(LS)

SILENE (G, La)
Catchfly(Le) Campion

Σέίληνός, Silenus,** = the tutor and constant attendant of Bacchus; represented a baldhead, with short horns and a flat nose, as drunken, lascivious, and mounted on an ass. sialon, = spittle, foam from the mouth,saliva, slava. (sticky secretion of stems which entrap small insects)
(ld, LS, Le)

SPERGULARIA (G)

sperma, = that which is sown, seed; gua, = piece of land, field; -ulus, = diminutive. speiro, = to scatter like seed, fling, throw about. -arius, = indicates connection or possession. (resembles SPERGULA (q.v.))
(LS, BL, Le)

STELLARIA (La)
Chickweed (Le)

stella, = a star; -aria, = resembles, like. stellaris, = of or belonging to a star, starry. (stellate, starry, i.e. with narrow divisions radiating from a centre like the rays of a star) (shape of the flower)
(ld, BL, Le)

CORRIGIOLA (La)
Strapwort (Le)

corrigo, conrigo, conrexi, = to make straight, set right, bring into order; -olus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)

SPERGULA (G)
Spurry(Le)

sperma, = that which is sown, seed; gua, = piece of land, field; -ulus, = diminutive. speiro, = to scatter like seed, fling, throw about. (species wide distribution)
(LS, BL, Le)