Species within a genus

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-;
findo, fidi, fissum = to cleave, split, part, separate, divide; a cleft, slit, fissure.
(split-)
bifidus, bis-findo, = cleft or divided into two parts.
(divided; two-cleft to about halfway)
(ld, BL)

caper, = a he-goat, a goat;
capra, = a she-goat;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
caprinus, = of or pertaining to goats.
(ld, BL)

commuto, = to alter wholly, change entirely;
-atus, = indicates an action made or done.
commutatus, = = a change, alteration.
(ld, BL)

cornu, = a hard and generally crooked growth upon the head of many mammiferous animals;
-culum, = diminutive;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
corniculatus, = in the form of a horn, horned.
(with a small horn-like appendage curved in the form of a horn)
(Alien and naturalised)
(ld, BL, Cw)

dens, dentis, = a tooth;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
dentatus, = having teeth; toothed, dentated, spiked, pointed.
(toothed; usually with sharp teeth pointing outwards)
(ld, BL)

deprimo, depressus, = to press down, weigh down, sink down, depress; lying low, depressed.
(flattened from above, somewhat sunken at the centre)
(ld, BL)

For Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868).**

For Otto W. Sonder (1812 - 1881).**
(Ch)

For Mrs. Emily Pauline Reitz Ferguson (1872 ?).**
(Ch)

glaber, glabra, = without hair, smooth, bald.
(glabrous; smooth, hairless)

(ld, BL)

(h)eteros, = other (than usual), different, of other kind;
(different, other, uneven)
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS, BL)

hirtus, = rough, hairy, shaggy, uneven surface.
(ld)

in- = denotes rest or motion within, on, upon, among, at; into, to towards;
caro, carnis, = flesh;
incarno, = to make flesh,
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
incarnari, incarnatus, = to be made flesh, become incarnate.
(flesh-coloured)
(ld, BL)

lana, = wool;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanatus, = furnished with wool, bearing wool, wooly.
(woolly; covered with long, dense, curled and matted hairs, resembling wool)
(ld, BL)

lana, = wool;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
lanatus, = furnished with wool, bearing wool, wooly.
(woolly; covered with long, dense, curled and matted hairs, resembling wool)

rosa, = a rose; the rose-bush, rose-tree;
-eus, =indicates material or colour resemblance in quality.
roseus, = of roses; rose coloured, rosy; ruddy, blooming.
(erubescent, reddening)
(ld, BL)

latus, lati-, = broad, wide;
(broad, wide)
folium, = a leaf.
(broad-leaved)
(Alien)
(ld, BL)

liveo,= to be of a bluish colour, black and blue, livid.
lividus, = of a blue or leaden colour, bluish, blue.
(a vague term which ‘may be defined as the peculiar livery effect of adding grey and black to the range of hues between blue and red’ (H.A. Dale), originally a blue or leaden colour)
(ld, BL)

lutum, = a plant used in dyeing yellow, yellow-weed, dyer’s weed, weld; a yellow colour, yellow;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality;
luteus, = golden-yellow, saffron-yellow, orange-yellow;
-olus, = diminutive.
luteolus, = yellowish.
(is a little flat herb)
(ld, BL, LB)

multus, = much, great, many;
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
multicaulis, = many-stalked.
(many-stemmed)
(ld, BL)

nidus, = a nest;
-ulus, = diminutive.
nidulus, = a little nest.
nidulans, = lying in a cavity, embedded in pulp, nestling in.
(ld, BL, sg)

obtundo, obtudi, obtusus, = to blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength; blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless.
(blunt, obtuse, rounded)
(ld, BL)

pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape;
(foot; a foot-like part or organ, peduncle)
capra, = a she-goat.
(ld, BL)

polys, polle, poly, = (of number), many; (of size), heavy; (of value), much;
phyllon, = a leaf.

penta-, = five;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

polys, polle, poly, = (of number), many; (of size), heavy; (of value), much;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

pungo, = to prick, puncture; to sting; vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy;
punctus, punctum, = pricked in, like a point; that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture; small spot;
(point, position, dot, small spot)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(covered by minute impressions as if made by a point of a pin)
(ld, BL)

purpureus, = purple-coloured, purple;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(purple ‘dull red with a slight dash of blue’)
(ld, BL)

stella, = a star;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
stellatus, = set with stars, starry, stellate, starred.
(stellate, starry, i.e. with narrow divisions radiating from a centre like the ray of a star)

glans, = any acorn-shaped fruit;
(gland (secretary organ), swelling or appendage resembling a gland in appearance, nut (one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit with hard pericarp) borne in a cupule as an acorn)
-ulus, = diminutive;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
glandulosus, = full of kernels, glandulous.
(ld, BL)

truncus, = maimed, mutilated, deprived of some of its parts; imperfect or wanting in their parts; a piece cut off; a trunk or stem;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
(truncate; ending abruptly as if cut straight across)
-ulus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)

verso, = to turn, wind, twist, or whirl bout often or violently;
color, = colour, hue, tint.
versicolor, = that changes its colour, of changeable colour; of various colours, party coloured.

latus, lati-, = broad, wide;
(broad, wide)
folium, = a leaf.
(broad-leaved)
(ld, BL)

verso, = to turn, wind, twist, or whirl bout often or violently;
color, = colour, hue, tint.
versicolor, = that changes its colour, of changeable colour; of various colours, party coloured.
(ld)

zeekoevley, = See-koe-vlei, a flei on the Cape Flats;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(BL)