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

GYMNOSTEPHIUM (G)
Kaapse Astertjie (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE

gymnos, = naked, unclad, unarmed;
(naked, unclad, unarmed, stripped)
stephos, = that which encircles, a crown, wreath.
(crown, wreath, garland)
(lack of pappus in the flowers)
(LS, BL, Le)

Gymnostephium papposum [Now Zyrphelis corymbosa] (G, La)
Blue Daisy (Vo)
Location: (F)

pappos, = a grandfather; an old man;
pappus, = an old man; a grandfather; the wooly hairy seed of certain plants;
pappos, = the downy or feathery appendage on many fruits, especially Compositae, as thistles, dandilions etc., hence extended to the reduced calyx of Compositae generally, whether downy, bristly, scaly, toothed or membranous;
(apical tuft of hair or bristles or homologous appendages on fruits of Compositae; on a seed, such a tuft is termed 'coma')
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(LS, ld, Ox, BL)