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

COLEONEMA (G)
Confetti Bush (Le)
Family: RUTACEAE

koleos, = a sheath or scabbard of a sword;
nema, = that which is spun, thread, yarn, the thread of a spider’s web.
(infertile stamens which are included in a sheath along the inside of the petals)
(LS, Le)

Coleonema album (La)
Aasbossie, Cape May, Klipbuchu (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining.
(white, particularly a dull rather than a glossy white)
(ld, BL)

Coleonema juniperinum (La)

Location: (K)

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)

Coleonema nubigenum (La)

Location: (K)

nubes, nubis, = a cloud, a dark spot; for something unreal or unsubstantial, a phantom;
geno, gigno, = to beget, bear, bring forth, produce; to beget, bear, bring forth, produce.
nubigena, = cloud-born, born of clouds or a cloud.
(The Centaurs, whom Ixion begot of a cloud, (see Ixios**))
(ld)