Species within a genus

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CONVOLVULUS (La)
Bindweed (Le)
Family: CONVALLARIACEAE = ERIOSPERMACEAE = RUSCACEAE

convolvo, = to roll together, roll up, roll round; to fasten together, interweave, interlace;
-ulus, = diminutive.
convolvulus, = a plant, bind-weed.
(rolled up)

(ld, BL)

Convolvulus arvensis (La)
Akkerwinde, Bindweed, Klimop, Wild Morning-glory (PS)
Location: (F)

arva, = an arable field, cornfield;
arvus, arvum, = that has been ploughed, but not yet sown, ploughed, arable; an arable field, cultivated land, a field, ploughed land, glebe;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(growing in fields or cultivated land)
(Alien)
(ld, BL)

Convolvulus farinosus (La)
Inabulele, Klimop, Uboqo, Wild Bindweed (PS)
Location: (P)

far, farris, = a sort of grain, spelt;
farina, = ground corn, meal;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
farinosus, = of mealy, mealy.
(covered with farina; having the texture of flour in a mass.
(ld, BL)