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
LESSERTIA
Balloon Pea, Blaasertjie (Le)
Family: FABACEAE
For Jules Paul Benjamin de Lessert (1773-1847).**
(Ch)
Lessertia capensis (La)
Harslagbossie (PS)
Location: (F, K)
cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)
Lessertia frutescens subsp. frutescens (La)
Balloon Pea, Belbos, Eendjiesbos, Kankerbos, Umnwele (PS)
Location: (K)
frutex, = a shrub, bush;
frutesco, = to put forth shoots, to sprout, become bushy.
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
(becoming shrubby)
(ld, BL)
Lessertia miniata (La)

Location: (F)
minio, = to colour with red-lead or cinnabar, to paint red;
-atus, = indicating an action made or done.
miniatus, = coloured with red-lead or cinnabar, coloured red, red.
miniatus, = saturn-red, flame-scarlet; scarlet.
(ld, BL)