Species within a genus
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)
(BL)
dē -.= down;
(downwards, outwards, from)
ustus, urere, = to burn.
deuro, deustum, = to burn up, consume.
(burned, scorched)
In Latin dē- had also the function of reversing the action of the verb: thus ‘deustum’ indicates “fire-resistant”.
(eg. the plant is among the first to resprout after fire)
(ld, BL, Ox, Fp)
(ld, BL, Ox, Fp)
inter, = between, betwixt, among, amid, surrounded by;
(between, among, in the midst of, surrounded by, during)
medius, = that is in the middle or midst, mid, middle; of the middle, not very great or small, middling, medial, moderate.
(middle, that is midway between)
inter-medius, = that is between, intermediate.
(intermediate between two species or genera)
(ld, BL)
(ld, BL)
For Christian Gottfried Nees von Esenbeck (1776-1858).**
(Ch)
(Ch)
vagina, = a scabbard, sheath; the covering, sheath, holder of any thing; the sheath of an ear of grai, the hull, husk;
(in botany occasionally the petiole embraces the branch from which it springs, and in such cases is said to be sheathing; and is even called a sheath or vagina as in grasses)
-ulus, diminutive;
vaginula, = a little sheath, husk;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(has small sheaths)
(ld, Ox, BL)
(ld, Ox, BL)