Species within a genus

brevis, = short, little, of small extent; small, narrow; low; brief;
petalos, = spread out, unfolded, broad, flat.
petalon, = a leaf.
(in modern botany, petal)
(refers to the short petals)
(ld, LS, Co)

cernuus, = with the face turned towards the earth, inclined forwards, stooping or bowing forwards.
(slightly drooping, nodding; said of a flower – inclining a little from the perpendicular, so that the apex is directed towards the horizon)
(probably refers to the way in which the inflorescences often slant in one direction, away from the prevailing wind)
(ld, BL, Co)

For Johannes Ludwig Leopold Mund/Mundt (1791-1831).**
(Ch)

For Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925);**
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair;
(long weak hairs)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
villosus, = hairy, shaggy, rough.
(villous, i.e. shaggy with fairly long soft straight not interwoven ascending hairs)
(refers to the plant’s dense covering of long hairs)

condenso, condenseo, = to make very dense, to condense, to press close together;
condensus, = very dense, close, thick;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(condensed, used of infloresences with numerous flowers on short pedicels, hence very close to the axis)
(refers to the closely clustered flowers in a condensed inflorescence)
(ld, BL, Co)

villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair;
(long weak hairs)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
villosus, = hairy, shaggy, rough.
(villous, i.e. shaggy with fairly long soft straight not interwoven ascending hairs)
(refers to the plant’s dense covering of long hairs)
(ld, BL, Co)