Species within a genus
asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)
scaber, scabrum, = rough, scurfy, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy.
(scabrous, i.e. rough or gritty to the touch on account of numerous minute projections)
(ld, BL)
(ld, BL)
For Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (1872-1925)**, German botanist.
(Ch)
(Ch)
semi-, = half-. demi-, semi-;
pappos, = a grandfather;
pappus, = an old man; a grandfather; the wooly hairy seed of certain plants.
(apical tuft of hair or bristles or homologous appendages on fruits of compsitae)
pappos, = the downy or feathery appendage on many fruits , especially Compositae, as thistles, dandilions etc., hence extended to the reduced calyx of Compositae generally, whether downy, bristly, scaly, toothed or membranous;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(ld, LS, BL, Ox)
(ld, LS, BL, Ox)