Toggle navigation
Geoffrey's plant names explained
Home
Contact
More
Families
Appendix
Bibliography
Abbreviations
Submit
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
HAPLOCARPHA
(
G
)
Fire Arctotis (
Wf
) Baster Gousblom (
Le
)
Family:
ASTERACEAE
apalos, = soft, tender, gentle, delicate;
carphos, = any small dry body.
carpha, = scale.
(pappus soft)
OR
(h)aplos-, = simple, one-fold;
haplo-, = single;
carpos, = fruit.
(the pappus is uniserrate)
(
LS
,
BL
,
Le
,
K3
)
Haplocarpha lanata
(
La
)
Brandblom (
PS
) Cape Fire Arctotis (
Wf
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
lana, = wool;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanatus, = furnished with wool, bearing wool, wooly.
(woolly; covered with long, dense, curled and matted hairs, resembling wool)
(
ld
,
BL
)