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

PODALYRIA (G, La)
Bush Sweet Pea(Le) Keurtjie
Family: FABACEAE

After Podaleirios / Podalirius.**
(Ch, M)

Podalyria argentea (La)

Location: (F, K)

argentum, = white metal; silver; -eum, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality. argenteus, = of or from silver, made of silver; of a white, silver colour, silvery. (silvery)
(ld, BL)

Podalyria biflora (La)

Location: (K)

bis, bi-, = twice, twofold, having two-; flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld)

Podalyria calyptrata (G)
Klapperbos(PS) Large Pink Keurtjie(Wf) Waterkeurtjie Tree Sweet Pea
Location: (F, K)

kalyptra, = a woman’s veil, mantle; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (bearing a calyptra or cap-like covering) (bracts form a hood or cap over the flower buds, which break away as the bud swells)
(LS, BL, LB)

Podalyria calyptrata x cuneifolia (G, La)

Location: (F)

kalyptra, = a woman’s veil, mantle; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (bearing a calyptra or cap-like covering) cuneus, = a wedge; folium, = a leaf.
(LS, BL, ld)

Podalyria cordata (La)
Keurtjie(PS)
Location: (K)

cor, cordis = the heart; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. (cordate; with two equal rounded lobes at the base)
(ld, BL)

Podalyria cuneifolia [Now P. argentea] (La)
Keurtjie(PS) Wilde-ertjie
Location: (F)

cuneus, = a wedge; folium, = a leaf.
(ld)

Podalyria glauca (G)

Location: (K)

glaukos, = pale-green, bluish-green, gray; (glaucous; bluish-green or grey) (covered with a fine bloom of the colour of a Cabbage leaf)
(LS, BL)

Podalyria hirsuta (La)

Location: (K)

hirsutus, = rough, shaggy, bristly, prickly, hirsute; (hirsute, covered with fairly coarse and stiff long erect or ascending straight hairs)
(ld, BL)

Podalyria myrtillifolia (G, La)
Wilde-ertjie (Vo)
Location: (F)

murtos, = the myrtle; -illus, = diminutive folium, = a leaf.
(LS, BL, ld)

Podalyria oleaefolia (G, La)
Klapperbos(Vo) Ertjiebos
Location: (F, K)

elaia, = the olive tree; olea, = an olive; oleum, = oil, olive-oil. folium, = a leaf.
(LS, ld)

Podalyria racemulosa (La)

Location: (K)

racemus, = the stalk of a cluster of grapes and similar plants; (raceme) -ulus, = diminutive; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. racemosus, = full of clusters, clustering.
(ld, BL)

Podalyria rotundifolia (La)

Location: (K)

rotundus, = wheel-shaped, i.e. round, circular, spherical, rotund; (almost circular, with length to breadth almost 6 to 5) folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

Podalyria sericea (La)
Lesser Bush Sweet Pea (Wf)
Location: (F)

Sēres, = a people of Eastern Asia, (the modern Chinese), celebrated for their silken fabrics; -eus, =indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality. Sericus, = of or belonging to the Seres, Seric; silken. (sericious, i.e. silky with long straight close-pressed glossy hairs)
(ld, BL)

Podalyria speciosa [Now P. rotundifolia] (La)
Keurtjie(PS) Klapperbos
Location: (F, K)

specio, = to look, look at, behold; species, = the outward appearance, exterior; shape, form, figure, mien; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. speciosus, = good looking, showy, handsome, brilliant. (showy, splendid)
(ld, BL)

Podalyria tomentosa [Now P. rotundifolia] (La)

Location: (K)

tomentum, = a stuffing for cushions (e.g. of wool, hair, feathers, straw, etc.) (tomentose, matted woolly down on stems and leaves) -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. (tomentose; thickly and evenly covered with short more or less appressed curled or curved matted hairs)
(ld, BL)