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

ALBUCA (La)
Slime Lily, Slymlelie (Le)
Family: HYACINTHACEAE

albus, = white, properly dead white, not shining;
-icans, = indicates process of becoming or resemblance sometimes so close as to be almost identical.
(some albuca flowers are partly white)
(ld, BL, Le)

Albuca canadensis [Was A. maxima] (La)
Greater Slime Lily, Geldbeursie, Soldier-in-the-box, Vinkeiers (Wf)
Location: (F, K)

Canada;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.

(BL)

Albuca cooperi
Blougif (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

For Thomas Cooper (1815-1913),** English botanist and plant explorer, employed by W.W. Saunders, studied and collected plants in the mid to late 1800's in Zulu territory and in the Drakensberg Mountains of eastern South Africa. Cooper came to South Africa in 1859.
(Ch)

Albuca flaccida (La)

Location: (K)

flaccus, = flabby, hanging down;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
flaccidus, = flabby, flaccid, pendulous.
(flaccid, not able to hold up its own weight)
(ld, BL)

Albuca fragrans (La)
Sandveld Slime Lily (Wf)
Location: (F)

fragro, fragrans, = to emit fragrance; sweet scented, fragrant.
(scented pleasantly, fragrant)
(ld, BL)

Albuca juncifolia (La)
Drooping Slime Lily (Wf)
Location: (F, P)

jungo, = to join or unite together, connect, attach, fasten, yoke, harness;
juncus, = a twig resembling a rush;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

Albuca maxima [Now A. canadensis] (La)

Location: (F, K)

magnus, major, maximus.
magnus, = of physical size or quantity, great, large; of things, vast, extensive, spacious;
major, = the comparative of magnus;
maximus, = the superlative of magnus.
(ld)