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

ANEMONE (G)
Anemone (Le) Windflower (Wf)
Family: RANUNCULACEAE

anemos, = wind;
-one, = implying the feminine of a patronymic name - that of her father.
anemone, = the wind flower, literally 'daughter of the wind'. (see Anemone,** and Anemos**)
(either because anemones grow in windy places or open under the influence of wind, or because the petals blow away in the wind)
(LS, Ox, Le)

Anemone cordata (La)
Kaatjiedrieblaar (Vo)
Location: (F)

cor, cordis = the heart;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(cordate; with two equal rounded lobes at the base)
(ld, BL)

Anemone knowltonia [Was Knowltonia capensis]
Brnadblaar (PS)
Location: (K)

For Thomas Knowlton (1691-1781),** an English horticulturist, botanist and Curator of the Botanic Garden at Eltham.
(Ch)

Anemone tenuifolia (La)
Cape Anemone (Wf) Syblom, Veldanemoon (PS)
Location: (F, K)

tenuis, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
(thin, fine, slender)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

Anemone vesicatoria (Was Knowltonia viscatoria) (La)
Brandblaar, Katjiedrieblaar, Tandpynblare (PS)
Location: (F, P)

vesica, = a bladder, a bladder-like tumor, blister;
-orius, = indicates capability, action or function.

(ld, BL)