Species within a genus

Genus: 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
CLIFFORTIA
Cliffortia (Le)
Family: ROSACEAE
After George Clifford (1685-1760),** a rich Anglo-Dutch financier and a Director of the Dutch East India Company who was also a keen horticulturist.
(Ch)
Cliffortia apiculata (La)

Location: (K)
apex, apices, = the extreme end of a thing, the point, summit, top;
-ulus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(terminating abruptly in a little point)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia atrata (La)
Climber's Friend (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
aater, atra, = coal-black, lustreless-black, sable, dark;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia carinata (La)

Location: (K)
carina,= the keel of a ship; of objects of similar form, of the shells of nuts;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(keeled, ridged)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia complanata (La)

Location: (K)
ccom, = with, together with;
planus, = even, level, flat, plane;
complano, = to make even, level or plain; to make even with the ground;
(on the same plane, flush with)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(flattened out; usually in one plane)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia cuneata (La)

Location: (K)
cuneus, = a wedge;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
cuneatus, = pointed like a wedge, wedge-shaped.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia eriocephalina (G)

Location: (K)
erion, = wool;
cephale, = head;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with;
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(LS, BL)
Cliffortia exilifolia (La)

Location: (K)
exilis, = small, thin, slender, lank, meagre, poor, feeble;
(small, meagre, weak, thin, slender)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia falcata (La)

Location: (F)
falx, = a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
falcatus, = armed with scythes, sickle-shaped, hooked, curved, falcated.
(plane and curved, with parallel edges, like the blade of a reaper’s sickle)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia ferruginea (La)
Glastee, Pypsteelbos, Teringtee (PS)
Location: (F, K)
ferrum, = iron;
-inea, = indicates material or colour or close resemblance.
ferrugineus, ferruginus, = of the colour of iron-rust, dark red, dusky, ferruginus.
(rusty, light brown with a little mixture of red)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia filicaulis var. filicaulis (La)

Location: (K)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(with thread-like stem)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia filifolia var. filifolia (La)

Location: (P)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
folium, = a leaf.
(thread-leaved)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia graminea var. graminea (La)
Vleirooigras, Wilde-ertjie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
gramen, graminis, = grass;
-inea, = indicates material or colour or close resemblance.
gramineus, = of grass, covered with grass, grassy.
(grassy, grass-like)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia grandifolia (La)
Grootblaar-rysbos, Large-leaved Rice Bush (PS)
Location: (K)
grandis, = full-grown, large, great, full, abundant;
(large, great, big, tall, lofty)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia heterophylla (G)

Location: (K)
(h)eteros, = other (than usual), different, of other kind;
(different, other, uneven)
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS, BL)
Cliffortia hirsuta (La)

Location: (K)
hirtus, hirsus, = rough, hairy, shaggy;
-utus, = indicates possession.
hirsutus, = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute;
(hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia juniperina (La)

Location: (P)
juniperus, = the juniper tree;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
Juniperinus communis, is a hardy spreading shrub or low tree, having awl-shaped prickly leaves and bluish-black or purple berries, with a pungent taste.
(ld, BL, Ox)
Cliffortia multiformis (La)

Location: (P)
multus, = much, great, many;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
multiformis, = many-shaped, multiform.
(ld)
Cliffortia odorata (La)
Wildewingerd (PS)
Location: (K)
odor, = a smell, scent, odour; particularly a pleasant odour, perfume;
(smell of any kind, odour, perfume, stench, fragrance)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
odoratus, = a smelling, smell.
(having a smell, usually sweet-smelling)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia pedunculata (La)

Location: (K)
pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape;
-culus, = diminutive;
pediculus, pedunculus, = the foot-stalk or pedicle of a fruit or leaf;
peduncle, = the inflorescence stalk;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia phyllanthoides (G)

Location: (F)
phyllon, = a leaf;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
antherike, = a stalk.
(anthera, = anther)
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, BL)
Cliffortia polygonifolia var polygonifolia (G, La)
Paddabos (PS)
Location: (F)
polys, polle, poly, = (of number), many; (of size), heavy; (of value), much;
gony, = the knee;
(knee, node (of grass), angled, angular)
folium, = a leaf.
(LS, BL, ld)
Cliffortia pterocarpa (G)

Location: (P)
pteron, = a feather, wings;
carpos, = fruit.
(LS)
Cliffortia pungens (La)

Location: (F)
pungo, = to prick, puncture; to sting; vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy.
(piercing, pungent, terminating gradually in a hard sharp point)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia ramosissima (La)

Location: (P)
ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development;
ramosus, = full of boughs, having many branches, braching, branchy;
-issimus, = (superlative) very, most.
(very much branched)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia reticulata (La)

Location: (K)
rete, = a net, snare;
-ulus, = diminutive;
reticulum, = a little net, a cloth made like a net, a network-bag for carrying or keepinganything in;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia ruscifolia var. ruscifolia (La)
Climber’s Friend, Steekbossie, Rooidoring (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
ruscum, rustum, = a butcher’s broom;
folium, = a leaf.
(the leaves are like those of the genus RUSCUS)
(ld, BL, K3)
Cliffortia stricta (La)

Location: (F, P)
stringo, stringere, strictum, = to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together.
(drawn close together, very upright, very straight)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia strobilifera (G, La)
Bog Rice Bush, Cone Rice-bush, Kammiesbos,Umnwele (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
strobilus, = anything which whirls round or spins; a top: hence from likeness of shape, a fir cone, pine-cone;
(cone)
fero, ferre, = to bear, carry, bring.
(LS, BL, ld)
Cliffortia subsetacea (La)

Location: (F, K)
sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
saeta, seta, = a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees;
(a bristle, bristle-like organ, as the fruit-stalk of a (sporophore) moss)
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(almost bristle-like)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia tenuis (La)

Location: (K)
tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned.
(thin, fine, slender)
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia tuberculata var. tuberculata (La)

Location: (K)
ttuber, = of plants, a knob, hard excrescence on wood;
(tuber)
-culus, = diminutive;
tuberculum, = a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Cliffortia viridis (La)

Location: (K)
vireō, = to be green or verdant; to be fresh, vigorous or lively; to flourish, bloom;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress (-ish’).
viridis, viride, = green.
(ld, BL)