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

MICROLOMA (G)
Firecracker Vine (Wf)
Family: APOCYNACEAE

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant; loma, = the hem or border of a robe. (hem, fringe, border) (corolla tube has five tufts of deflexed hairs)
(LS, BL, Le)

Microloma sagittatum (La)
Bokhoring(PS) Heuningblommetjie(Wf) Melkblommetjie Firecracker Vine
Location: (F)

sagitta, = an arrow, shaft, bolt; sagitto, sagittatus, = to discharge arrows, to shoot with arrows; shot or wounded with an arrow. -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (shaped like an arrow head with two equal sharp basal lobes directed downwards) (leaves are shaped like an arrow head with two equal sharp basal lobes directed downwards)
(ld, BL, LB)

Microloma tenuifolium (La)
Coral Creeper(Sw) Kannetjies(Wf) Redwax Creeper Fairy Pitcher
Location: (F, K, P)

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