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

eu-, = well; (good, well developed, normal, true) phorbe, = pasture, food, fodder, forage; fuel. The Linnaean hero, Euphorbus Musa, physician to King Juba, of Numidia (Mauritania) c. 47 B.C., was interested in these cactus-like plants supposedly for medicine – of which many are poisonous.
(Le, BL, M, k3)

ADENOCLINE (G)

aden, adena, = an acorn, a gland; kline, = that on which one lies, couch, bed; klino, = slope, slant, incline. (glandular disc at base of flower)
(Ox, LS, Le)

CLUTIA
Bliksembos (Le)

For Outgers Cluyt (Theodorius Angerius Clutius) (1590-1650).**
(Ch)

EUPHORBIA (G)
Spurge(Le) Melkbos

eu-, = well; (good, well developed, normal, true) phorbe, = pasture, food, fodder, forage; fuel. The name honours, Euphorbus Musa, physician to King Juba, of Numidia (Mauritania) c. 47 B.C., was interested in these cactus-like plants supposedly for medicine – of which many are poisonous.
(LS, BL, M, K3)

RICINUS (La)
Castor Oil(Le)

ricinus, = a tick, tike. (Latin name for the castor oil plant, also ‘tick’: = resemblance of the seed)
(ld, Le)