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
HYPOXIDACEAE (G)
Star-grass Family (Wf)
(h)ypo, = under, beneath;
(below, under, beneath)
oxys = sharp, keen, pointed; of taste, sharp, pungent.
(sharp, keen, shrill, pungent, acid)
(sharp pointed; alluding either to the seed-pod or the second row of tepals)
(LS, BL, Le)
EMPODIUM (G)
Autumn Star (Le)
em-, = in, within;
pous, podos, = a foot.
(underground ovary)

(BL, LS, Le)
SPILOXENE (G)
Cape Star, Sterretjie (Le)
spilos, = a stain, spot, blemish;
xen, xenos, = of a gander, goose; named from its wide bill.
xenos, = host.
(spotted base of floral parts in some species)
(LS, Le)
PAURIDIA (G)
Klipsterretjie (Le)
pauros, = little, small;
-idum, = diminutive.
(small size of some species)
(LS, BL, Le)