Species within a genus

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DIASTELLA (G)
Silky Puff (Le)
Family: PROTEACEAE

diastello, = to separate, to distinguish, determine.
(perianth, tube of which is very short)
(diastellein, = to put asunder, separate or expand; alluding to the deeply divided perianth segments)
(LS, Le, M)

Diastella divaricata subsp. montana (La)
Mountain Silkypuff (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

divarico, = to spread asunder, to stretch apart; to be spread out;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(divaricate; spreading asunder at a wide angle; turning off from any thing irregularly but at almost a right angle; as the branches of many things)

mons, montis, = a mountain, mount;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
montanus, = of or belonging to a mountain, mountain-.
(ld, BL)

Diastella fraterna (La)
Palmiet Silkypuff (PS)
Location: (K)

frater, = a brother.
fraternus, = brotherly, fraternal.
(closely allied)
(ld, BL)

Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana (La)
Hangklip Silkypuff (PS)
Location: (K)

thymelaea, = a plant, the flax-leaved daphne: Daphne gnidium;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.

meridies, = mid-day, noon;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
meridianus, = of or belonging to mid-day, mid-day.
(ld, BL)

Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. thymelaeoides (La)
Kogelberg Silkypuff (PS)
Location: (K)

thymelaea, = a plant, the flax-leaved daphne: Daphne gnidium;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(ld, BL)