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 or Outgaerts Cluyt, M.D. (Angerius Clutius; Theodorus Augerius Clutius) (1577-1636),** Dutch botanist, apothecary, author of a botanical work in 1634, horticulturist, plant collector and close friend of botany professor and Curator of the Leyden Botanical Garden Charles l'Ecluse (better known as Carolus Clusius).
(Ch)

EUPHORBIA (G)
Spurge, Melkbos (Le)

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)