Species within a genus

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PSEUDOSELAGO (G)
Powderpuff (Le)
Family: SCROPHULARIACEAE

pseudo, = to be mistaken, be false;
(resembling but not equalling)
+ SELAGO (q.v.).
selago, = the name Selago is derived from sel, which means ‘sight’ and the Celtic word jach, which means ‘salutory’, referring to the supposed medicinal properties of the genus.
selago, = the club-moss resembling the savin-tree, Lycopodium selago;
(An ancient name for the club moss, the small leaves give members of this genus a superficial resemblance to the club moss)
Ancient name for LYCOPODIUM (q.v.).
Linnaeus thought there to be a likeness between leaves of these taxa.
(LS, Ox, PSA, ld)

Pseudoselago ascendens (La)

Location: (K)

adscendo, ascendo, ascendens, = to ascend, mount up, climb; to rise above any person or thing, to surpass, to stand higher.
(ascending; having a direction upwards, with an oblique base)
(ld, BL)

Pseudoselago gracilis (La)

Location: (P)

gracilis, gracilus, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
-ilis, = indicates capacity or ability. Hence a property or quality.
(thin, slender)
(ld, BL)

Pseudoselago pulchra (La)

Location: (P)

pulcher, pulchrum, = beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome.
(ld)

Pseudoselago quadrangularis (La)

Location: (K)

quattuor, quad-, = four;
angulus, = an angle, a corner;
quadangulus, = four cornered, quadrangular;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(four-angled)
(ld, BL)

Pseudoselago serrata (La)
Blouaarbossie (Vo) Purple Powderpuff (Wf)
Location: (F, K)

serra, = a saw;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
serratus,= saw shaped, serrated.
(serrate, i.e. saw-edged with sharp teeth pointing forwards, as opposed to ‘retroserratus’, with teeth pointing backward)
(ld, BL)

Pseudoselago spuria (La)
Lilac Powderpuff (Wf) Bergaarbossie (Sw)
Location: (F, K)

spurius, = false, spurious.
(superficially resembling or simulating, but lacking the genuine character or qualities of something; not true or genuine; false, sham, counterfeit)
(ld, Ox)

Pseudoselago verbenacea (La)

Location: (F, K, P)

verbena, verbenae, = folage, herbage, the leaves, twigs and branches of laurel, olive, or myrtle, cypress, tamarisk, sacred boughs;
VERBENA (q.v.);
-aceus, = resembling, having the nature of, belonging to.
(resembling plants of the genus VERBENACEAE)
(ld, BL)