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
ORPHIUM
Sea Rose, Teringbos (Le)
Family: GENTIANACEAE
After Orpheus.**
[There is only one species, O.frutescens, whose anthers are coiled and open in response to the buzz of the wings of its pollinator, the carpenter bee]
(Ch, AB)
Orphium frutescens (La)
Sea Rose (Wf)
Location: (F, K)
frutex, = a shrub, bush;
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
frutesco, = to put forth shoots, to sprout, become bushy.
(becoming shrubby)
(ld, BL)