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
FELICIA (La)
Felicia (Wf) Astertjie (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE
Either from Latin felix, happy,
or after Herr Felix who died in 1846.**
(Ch)
Felicia aethiopica subsp. aethiopica (G, La)
Blue Daisy (Vo) Garden Felicia (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face.
Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined.
(usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia)
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)
Felicia amelloides (La)

Location: (K)
amellus, = the purple Italian star-wort;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(ld, BL)
Felicia amoena subsp. amoena (La)

Location: (F)
amoenus, = lovely, delightful, pleasant, charming (in general of objects affecting the sense of sight only).
(ld)
Felicia bergeriana

Location: (K)
For Alwin Berger (1871-1931);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)
Felicia dubia [Was ssp. pusilla] (La)

Location: (F)
dubius, = wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain.
(doubtful)
(ld, BL)
Felicia echinata (G)

Location: (F)
ekhinos, = the urchin, hedgehog, also the sea urchin;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(Alien)
(LS, BL)
Felicia filifolia subsp. filifolia (La)
Bloudraaibos, Wilde-aster (PS) Fine-leaved Bush Felicia (Wf)
Location: (F)
filum, fili-, = a thread;
folium, = a leaf.
(thread-leaved)
(ld, BL)
Felicia fruticosa subsp. fruticosa (La)

Location: (K)
frutex, = a shrub, bush;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
fruticosus, = full of shrubs or bushes, shrubby, bushy.
(bushy; shrub-like)
(ld, BL)
Felicia tenella subsp. cotuloides (La, G)

Location: (F)
tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-ella, = diminutive.
tenellus, = somewhat tender or delicate.
(delicate)

cotule,= a small cup or vessel;
cotulis, = a small cup;
(small cup, anything hollow)
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(ld, BL, LS)
Felicia tenella subsp. tenella (La)
Dainty Felicia (Wf)
Location: (F)
tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
-ella, = diminutive.
tenellus, = somewhat tender or delicate.
(delicate)
(ld, BL)