Species within a genus

bergia ,= a name that refers to the homonymous genus belonging to the Elatinaceae family;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(indicate the morphological similarities between these species)
(I9, BL)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
planus, = even, level, flat, plane;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)

campester, campestris, = of or pertaining to a level field, even, flat, level, champaign.
(pertaining to lands or flat areas as opposed to hills and mountains)
(ld, BL)

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)

cilium, = an eyelid;
cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)
(ld, Ox, BL)

ccoccinus, = scarlet-coloured;
-ineus, = indicates material or colour or close resemblance.
(ld, BL)

decumbo, decumbere, = to lie down.
(reclining upon the earth, and rising again from it at the apex)
(ld, BL)

dikhotomeo, = to cut in two, cut asunder.
(dichotomous, having divisions always in pairs)
(LS, BL)

ERICA (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(heather-like)
(BL)

fascio, = to envelop with bands, to swathe;
-culus, = diminutive;
-aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
fascicularia, = things carried in bundles (as wood, hay etc.)
(fascicle, clustered, grouped together)
(ld, BL)

filum, fili-, = a thread;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(thread-shaped; slender like a thread; as the filaments of most plants, and the styles of many)
(ld, BL)

flavus, = (light-coloured) golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen-coloured.
(yellow, paler than luteus)
(ld, BL)

glomero, = to gather into a round heap or knot, to collect, press, crowd, assemble together;
(form into a ball)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(compactly clustered)
(ld, BL)

lancea, = a light spear;
-olus, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanceolatus, = armed with a little lance or point, lanceolated, lanceolate.
(armed with a lance or spearpoint, as used by all authors represents a comparatively narrow shape with curved sides tapering to a pointed end; in Linnaeus’s sense, a shape broadest at the middle, tapering to each end with length to breadth about 3 to 1)
(ld, BL)

nato, = to swim, to float.
natans, = swimming.
(swimming or floating on or under the surface of water)
(ld, BL)

nudus, = naked, bare, unclothed, uncovered, exposed;
(naked, i.e. devoid of leaves or some other clothing, lacking usual covering, bare)
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(ld, BL)

obtundo, obtudi, obtusus, = to blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength; blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(blunt, obtuse, rounded)

(ld, BL)

per-, pel-, = of space, through; in composition it usually adds intensity to the significance, thoroughly, perfectly, completely, exceedingly;
lux, lucis, = light;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
lucidus, = containing light, full of light, clear, bright, shining.
pellucidus, = transparent, pellucid; bright, shining, glittering.
(shining, clear, transparent)

margo, marginis, = an edge, brink, border, margin;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(marginal)
(BL, ld)

per-, pel-, = of space, through; in composition it usually adds intensity to the significance, thoroughly, perfectly, completely, exceedingly;
lux, lucis, = light;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
lucidus, = containing light, full of light, clear, bright, shining.
pellucidus, = transparent, pellucid; bright, shining, glittering.
(shining, clear, transparent)
(ld, BL)

rrupes, = a rock, of a cliff;
-estris, = indicates place of growth.
(rock or cliff-dwelling)
(ld, BL)

stringo, strigosus,= to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind or press together; to pull or strip off, to pluck off, prune; lean, lank, thin, meagre;
(striga, = a straight rigid close-pressed rather short bristle-like hair)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(covered with strigae)

(ld, BL)

subula, = an awl; a very small weapon;
(a fine sharp point; literally, an awl)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(subulate, awl-shaped, i.e. tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point)
(ld, BL)

tetros, = four;
gony, = the knee.
(angled, angular; knee, node (of grass)
(LS, BL)

For Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828),** Swedish botanist and physician who travelled as surgeon with ships of the Dutch East India Company and did extensive botanical exploration in southern Africa and Japan. He was a student of Linnaeus, one of his so-called apostles and perhaps his foremost disciple, a plant collector and explorer, and after his travelling years was a professor of botany and medicine at Uppsala.
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

umbra, = a shade, shadow; the dark part of a painting, shade, shadow;
-ellus, diminutive;
umbella, = (metonymically, a little shadow), a sunshade, parasol, umbrella.
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(umbellate)
(ld, BL)