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

HESPERANTHA (G)
Hesperantha, Aandblom (Le)
Family: IRIDACEAE

Hesperus (Εσπερος), = the spirit of the evening star, said in Greek mythology to be the son or brother of Atlas. He was the first to climb Mount Atlas to watch the stars; from there a storm swept him away, causing him to disappear without trace. Because of his kindness, men supposed that he had been transformed into the evening star which every evening brought the peace of night. Thereafter they called the star Hesperus.
(evening)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(flowers of many species open towards evening)

(Pg, BL, LS, Le)

Hesperantha falcata (La)
Aandblommetjie, Bontrokkie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

falx, = a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
falcatus, = armed with scythes, sickle-shaped, hooked, curved, falcated.
(plane and curved, with parallel edges, like the blade of a reaper’s sickle)
(ld, BL)

Hesperantha pilosa (La)
Aandblommetjie (PS)
Location: (F, P)

pilus, = hair, the hair;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
pilosus, = hairy, shaggy.
(pilose, hairy with distinct long ascending hairs)
(ld, BL)

Hesperantha radiata subsp. caricina (La)
Bontrokpypie (Vo)
Location: (F, K)

radio, = to furnish with spokes;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
radiatus, = furnished with rays, irradiated, shining.
(radiate, bearing rays or ray-florets, having corollas of outer florets ligulate)

Car, = the supposed father of the Carian race, and inventor of augury by observing he flight of birds;
Caria, = a province in Asia Minor, south of Lydia, now the provinces Aidin and Mentesche in Ejalet Anadoli; inhabited by the Carians;
Carica, = a kind of dried fig;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
(ld, BL)

Hesperantha radiata subsp. radiata (La)
Bontrokpypie, Evening Flower (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)