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
AGATHOSMA (G)
Buchu, Boegoe (Le)
Family: RUTACEAE
agathos, = good in their kind;
osme, = a smell, scent, odour, whether good or bad.
(fragrant oils in the glands of leaves)
(LS, Le)
Agathosma anomala (La)

Location: (K)
anomalos, -us = (ανωμαλός) deviating from the general rule, irregular, anomalous.
(ld)
Agathosma bifida (La)
Mountain buchu (Sw) Bergboegoe (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
findo, fidi, fissum = to cleave, split, part, separate, divide; a cleft, slit, fissure;
(split-)
bifidus, bis-findo, = cleft or divided into two parts.
(divided; two-cleft to about halfway)
(ld, BL)
Agathosma capensis (La)
Anysboegoe, Boegoe (PS) Cape Buchu (Wf)
Location: (F)
cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)
Agathosma ciliaris (La)
Bergboegoe, Hairy Buchu (PS) Hairy-leaved Buchu (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
cilium, = an eyelid;
cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)
(ld, Ox, BL)
Agathosma crenulata (La)
Fonteinboegoe, Long-leaved Buchu, Regteboegoe, Rivierboegoe (PS)
Location: (K)
crena, = incision, notch;
(rounded tooth on leaf-margin)
-ulus, = diminutive.
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(crenate, having rounded teeth, scalloped)
(Ox, BL)
Agathosma geniculata (La)

Location: (F)
genu,= the knee; of plants, a knot, joint;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(node or joint)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
geniculatus = having knots, knotted, joined, geniculated.
(geniculate, bent abruptly like a knee, ‘with bended knee’)
(ld, BL)
Agathosma glandulosa (La)

Location: (K)
glans, = any acorn-shaped fruit;
(gland (secretary organ), swelling or appendage resembling a gland in appearance, nut (one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit with hard pericarp) borne in a cupule as an acorn)
-ulus, = diminutive;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
glandulosus, = full of kernels, glandulous.
(ld, BL)
Agathosma hookeri

Location: (K)
For (1) Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817-1911),** great British botanist and explorer. He was a close friend of Charles Darwin, a plant collector at the Cape (briefly), and Director of Kew Gardens for 20 years.
(2) Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865),** father of J.D. Hooker, professor of botany at Glasgow University, close friend of Sir Joseph Banks and first Director of Kew Gardens.
(Ch)
Agathosma imbricata (La)
Wild Buchu, Wildeboegoe (Sw) Sandveld Buchu (Wf)
Location: (F, K, P)
imber, = rain, shower of rain;
imbrex, = a hollow tile, gutter tile, pantile (used in roofs for the purpose of leading off the rain);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
imbricatim, = in the form of a gutter-tile.
(when parts lie over each other in regular order, like tiles upon the roof of a house)
(referring to the leaves, which are wrapped around each other like a lettuce)
(ld, BL, LB, AB)
Agathosma juniperifolia (La)

Location: (P)
juniperus, = the juniper tree;
folium, = a leaf.
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, Ox)
Agathosma rosmarinifolia (La)

Location: (F, P)
ros, roris, = dew;
rosmarinus = rosemary;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Agathosma serpyllacea (La)
Sea Buchu (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
serpyllum, = thyme, wild thyme;
-aceus, = indicates resemblance.
(ld, BL)
Agathosma serratifolia (La)
Long Leaved Buchu (Vo)
Location: (F)
serra, = a saw;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
serratus,= saw shaped, serrated.
(serrate, i.e. saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing forwards, as opposed to ‘retroserratus’, with teeth pointing backward)
folium, = a leaf.
(leaves are notched, serrated)
(ld, BL)
Agathosma stokoei

Location: (K)
For Thomas Pearson Stokoe (1868-1959),** mountaineer and member of the Mountain Club of South Africa, watercolor artist and prolific plant collector, a Yorkshireman who left his wife of 16 years and daughter and emigrated to South Africa in 1911.
(Ch)
Agathosma tabularis (La)
Stinkboegoe (PS)
Location: (K)
tabula, = a board, plank;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
tabularis, = flattened horizontally, plate like, (in geographical epithets) growing on Table Mountain, South Africa)
(ld, BL)