Species within a genus

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PARANOMUS (G)
Doll's Bush, Poppiesbos (Le)
Family: PROTEACEAE

para-, = beside; contrary to;
nomos, = an usage, custom, convention, law.
paranomos, = contrary to law and custom, unlawful, illegal.
(adult plants have both entire and dissected leaves)

(LS, Le)

Paranomus nova-kogelberg (La)

Location: (K)

novus, novum, = new, not old, young, fresh, recent; a new thing, a novelty;
kogelberg, = Koegelberg.
(ld)

Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus (La)
King Gustav's Sceptre (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

sceptrum, = a regal staff, a sceptre;
Gustavian, = from the name Gustavus, pertaining to the reign of any of the Swedish kings named Gustavus; specifically Gustavus III (1771 - 1792) and Gustavus IV (1792 - 1809);
-ian, = of or belonging to;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(after the Sceptre of Gustavus)
(ld, Ox, BL)

Paranomus spicatus (La)
Kogelberg Sceptre, Perdebos, Poppies (PS)
Location: (K)

spico, = to furnish with spikes or ears;
spica, spicus, = a point; of grain, an ear, spike; of things of a similar shape, e.g. a top, tuft, head of other plants;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)