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

METALASIA (G)
Flowerbush (Wf) Blombos (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE

meta, = backwards, reversely;
lasios, = shaggy with hair or wool, hairy.
(the leaves)
(LS, Le)

Metalasia bodkinii

Location: (K)

For Prof. Alfred A. Bodkin (1847-1930).**
(Ch)

Metalasia brevifolia (La)
Blombos (PS)
Location: (K)

brevis, = short, little, of small extent; small, narrow; low; brief;
folium, = a leaf.
(short leaves)
(ld, BL)

Metalasia cephalotes (G)
Blombos, Rooiblombossie (PS)
Location: (K)

cephale, = the head;
cephalis, = a little head or bulb;
-otes, = indicates a special feature.
(LS, BL)

Metalasia confusa (La)

Location: (K)

confundo, confusus, = brought into disorder, confused, perplexed, disorderly.
(easily mistaken for another species)

(ld, K3)

Metalasia cymbifolia (La)
Thick-leaved Blombos (Vo)
Location: (F)

cymba, = a boat, skiff; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld)

Metalasia densa (La)
Common Flowerbush (Wf) Blombos (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

densus, = thick, dense; thickly set with, covered with, full of.
(ld)

Metalasia erubescens (La)
Fine leaved Blombos (Sw)
Location: (F, P)

erubesco, = to grow red, to redden;
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
(reddening, blushing, rose)
(ld, BL)

Metalasia inversa (La)

Location: (F)

inverto, inversus, = to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert; turned upside down, inverted.
(turned upside down or turned about)
(ld, BL)

Metalasia lichtensteinii

Location: (K)

For Martin Heinrich Karl von Lichtenstein (1780-1857).**
(Ch)

Metalasia muricata (La)
Blombos, Witsteekbossie (PS)
Location: (F, K)

murex, = the purple-fish; the purple dye, purple, made from the juice of the purple-fish;
MUREX, a genus of mollusc, which has a shell with short hard points;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
muricatus, = shaped like a purple-fish, pointed.
(muricate, i.e. rough with short hard points like the shell of MUREX)
(ld, BL)

Metalasia quinqueflora (La)

Location: (K)

quinque, = five;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld)

Metalasia riparia (La)

Location: (K)

ripa, = the bank of a stream;
-arium, = indicates where something is done or a container.
riparius, = that frequents the banks of rivers.
(ld, BL)

Metalasia seriphiifolia (La)
Fine-leaved Blombos (Vo)
Location: (F, K)

Seriphus, = A small and unimportant island, one of the Cyclades, now Seriphos;
seriph, = old French, obscure origin. One of the fine cross-strokes used at the top or bottom of a letter;
The genus SERIPHIUM, (q.v.);
folium, = a leaf.
(BL, Ox, ld)

Metalasia serrata (La)

Location: (P)

serra, = a saw;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
serratus,= saw shaped, serrated.
(serrate, i.e. saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing forwards, as opposed to ‘retroserratus’, with teeth pointing backward)
(ld, BL)

Metalasia tenuifolia (La)

Location: (K, P)

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

(ld, BL)