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
CYCLOPIA (G, La)
Honey Bush (Le)
Family: FABACEAE
cyclos, = a ring, round, circle;
(circular)
ops (ώψ), = the eye, face, countenance.
Cyclops (κυκλώψ), = a Cyclops,** i.e. Round-eye.
cyclopoieo (κυκλοποίέω), = to make into a circle, form like a circle.
(circular base of the calyx)
(LS, BL, Le)
Cyclopia capensis [Now C. galioides] (La)

Location: (K)
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)
Cyclopia galioides (G)
Peninsula Honeybush (PS)
Location: (K)
gala, = milk;
-ium, = diminutive;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(having the characteristics similar to the genus GALIUM (q.v.))
(LS, BL, K3)
Cyclopia genistoides (La)
Honeybysh Tea, Heuningbostee (Sw) Common Honeybush (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
genesta, genista, = the broom-plant, broom; (also the genus GENISTA);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, ld, BL)
Cyclopia maculata (La)
Needle-leaf Honeybush Tea, Rooibostee, Vleitee (PS)
Location: (K)
macula, = a spot, mark, stain; blot, blemish, mole;
(spot, blotch, mesh of network)
-ata, = indicates possession or likeness.
(spotted, blotched)
(ld, BL)
Cyclopia meyeriana (La)
Woltee (PS)
Location: (K)
For
(1) Heinrich Meyer (fl. 1861-1886),** German medical practitioner who practiced at the Cape;
(2) The Rev. Louis Gottlieb Meyer (1867-1958), German clergyman, explorer, and plant and insect collector in South Africa;
(3) Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791-1858), German professor and botanist whose herbarium of 24,000 specimens was largely destroyed during World War II bombing. He was professor of botany at the University of Konigsberg and Director of the Botanical Garden.
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)