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
HELIOPHILA (G)
Sunflax (Wf) Sporrie (Le)
Family: BRASSICACEAE
(h)elios, = the sun;
philios, = loving, friendly, kind.
(the plant favours a sunny position)
(most species only open in sunlight)
(LS, Le, LB)
Heliophila adpressa (La)

Location: (P)
adpressus, appressus, = adpressed, lying flat against.
(BL)
Heliophila africana (La)

Location: (K)
Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa)
(BL, ld)
Heliophila carnosa (La)
Blompeperbossie, Rock Sporrie (PS)
Location: (F)
caro, carnis, = flesh; the flesh, pulp, of fruits;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
carnosus, = abounding in flesh, fleshy.
(fleshy, succulent, soft but firm)
(ld, BL)
Heliophila coronopifolia (La)
Showy Sunflax (Wf) Blousporrie, Blue Flax, Great Blue Sporrie (PS)
Location: (F, K)
coronos, = a crow or raven;
pous, podos, = a foot;
coronopus, = crow-foot; Plantago coronopus, buckshorn-plantain.
folium, = a leaf.
(shape of the leaf)
(ld, BL, Le)
Heliophila diffusa var. flacca (La)

Location: (F, K)
dif-¸dis-, = asunder, in pieces, apart, in two, in different directions;
fundo, fusus, = to spread, extend, diffuse; spread out, extended, broad, large, copious, diffuse.
diffusus, = spread abroad, spread out, extended, wide.
(diffuse, loosely irregular or widely spreading, with branches diverging from the axis at an angle of 45° to 90°)

flaccus, = flabby, hanging down.
(ld, BL)
Heliophila juncea (La)
Bergriet, Ridderspoor (PS)
Location: (F)
jungo, = to join or unite together, connect, attach, fasten, yoke, harness;
juncus, = a twig resembling a rush;
-eus, =indicates material or colour resemblance in quality.
junceus, = made of rushes, rush-; like a rush.
(ld, BL)
Heliophila linearis var. linearifolia (La)
Bloubekkie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
linea, linia, = a linen thread, a string, line;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
linearis, = of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear.
(narrow, short, with the two opposite margins parallel)

var., as above + folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)
Heliophila linearis var. linearis (La)

Location: (F)
linea, linia, = a linen thread, a string, line;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
linearis, = of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear.
(narrow, short, with the two opposite margins parallel)
(ld, BL)
Heliophila linearis var. reticulata (La)

Location: (F)
linea, = a linen thread, a string, line;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
linearis, = of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear.
(narrow, short, with the two opposite margins parallel)

rete, = a net, snare;
-ulus, = diminutive;
reticulum, = a little net, a cloth made like a net, a network-bag for carrying or keeping anything in;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)
Heliophila linoides (G, La)

Location: (P)
LINUM (q.v.), the flax;
linon,= flax;
linum, = flax;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.

(K3, LS, ld, BL)
Heliophila macra (G)

Location: (F, P)
makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much.
(long, large, large).
(LS, BL)
Heliophila meyeri

Location: (F, K)
For (1) Rev. Louis Gottlieb Meyer (1867-1958), or
(2) Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer (1791-1858).**
(Ch)
Heliophila pusilla var. pusilla (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
puer, pusus, = a boy, a little boy;
-illus, = diminutive.
pusillus, = very little, very small, petty, insignificant; a trifle.
(ld, BL)
Heliophila scoparia var. scoparia (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
scopa, scopae, = thin branches, twigs, shoots; a broom, besom made of twigs;
-arius, = indicates connection or possession.
(broom-like; the plant’s stems are tightly clustered and erect and roughly parallel to the main stem)
(ld, BL, K3)
Heliophila subulata (La)

Location: (F)
subula, = an awl; a very small weapon;
(a fine sharp point; literally, an awl)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(subulate, awl-shaped, i.e. tapering from a narrow or moderately broad base to a very fine point)
(ld, BL)