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

IXIA (G)
Ixia, Kalossie (Le)
Family: IRIDACEAE

Ixia is a name in Greek and Latin for a plant also called CHAMELION (also meaning an inconstant or variable person), a kind of thistle yielding an acrid resin.
ixia, = name of a plant noted for its variability of colour.
Ixion**, was a Thessalian king, who ruled over the Lapiths.
ixos, = mistletoe, viscum, birdlime.
(viscous sap)
(Ox, M, PG, LS, Le)

Ixia dubia (La)
Orange Ixia (Wf) Kalossie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)

dubius, = wavering in opinion, doubting, doubtful, dubious, uncertain.
(doubtful)
(ld, BL)

Ixia flexuosa (La)
Koringblom, Waaikalossie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

flexus, = a bending, turning, winding;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(winding)
(ld, BL)

Ixia micrandra (G, La)
Pink Ixia, Kalossie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant;
aner, andrus, = man, of a man.
aner, andros, = male, stamen.
(LS, BL)

Ixia minor (La)

Location: (K)

parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(smaller, inferior, lesser)
(ld, BL)

Ixia odorata (La)
Soetkalossie (PS)
Location: (F, K)

odor, = a smell, scent, odour; particularly a pleasant odour, perfume;
(smell of any kind, odour, perfume, stench, fragrance)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
odoratus, = a smelling, smell.
(having a smell, usually sweet-smelling)
(ld, BL)

Ixia orientalis (La)

Location: (P)

orientalis, = of or belonging to the East, Eastern, Oriental.
(ld)

Ixia paniculata (La)
Pypkalossie (PS)
Location: (K)

panus, = the thread wound upon the bobbin in a shuttle; a swelling, tumor; an ear of millet;
-ula, = diminutive;
panicula, = a tuft, a panicle on plants;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(arranged in a panicle – a loose branching of flowers)
(ld, BL, Ox)

Ixia polystachya (G)
African Corn Lily, Koringblom (PS)
Location: (K, P)

polys, polle, poly, = (of number), many; (of size), heavy; (of value), much;
stachys, = an ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)
polystachys, = rich in ears of corn, yielding rich crops.
(LS, BL)

Ixia scillaris subsp scillaris (La)
Buzz Ixia (Wf) Agretjie (PS)
Location: (F)

scilla, squilla, = a sea-onion, sea-leek, squill;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(resembling any liliaceous plant of the genus Hyacinthoides (= SCILIA, the squill))
(ld, BL, K3)

Ixia stricta (La)
Kalossie (Vo)
Location: (F, P)

stringo, stringere, strictum, = to draw tight, to bind or tie tight; to draw, bind, or press together.
(drawn close together, very upright, very straight)
(ld, BL)