Species within a genus

abies = the silver-fir, Pinus picea; the tree as well as the wood of it;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
(ld, BL)

acantha, = a thorn, prickle: hence a prickly plant, thistle; a thorny tree;
lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear;
(capsule or pod).
(LS, BL)

acis, = a point, barb;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

acuo, = to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet;
acumen, acuminis, = a point;
-inus, = indicates possession or likeness;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(acuminate; tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point, sharpened)

(ld, BL)

angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious;
folium, = leaf.
(narrow-leaved)
(ld, BL)

aranea, = a spider; a spider’s web, cobweb;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development;
araneosus, = full of spiders’ webs, similar to cobwebs.
(ld, BL)

argyreos, (άρλύρεοσ), = silver, of silver;
argyr-, (άρλύρ-), = silver-;
-ellus, = diminutive.
(LS, BL)

a-, = intensive (very much);
spaleis = pass. part. of stello;
stello = get ready; to fit oneself out; to be dressed, decked;
aspalathos, = a scented shrub;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, BL)

batos, = a bramble or any prickly bush;
-odes, = indicates resemblance.
(LS, BL)

batos, = a bramble or any prickly bush;
-odes, = indicates resemblance.

spina, = a thorn, a prickle;
-ulus, = diminutive;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

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

bractea, brattea, = a thin plate of metal, gold-leaf; thin layers of wood, veneers;
(bract)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
bracteatus, = covered with gold-plate, gilt; shining only externally, gilded, delusive.
(having bracts)
(ld, BL)

caledon, = Caledon;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(BL)

callum, = the hard skin or the hard flesh of plants;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
callosus, = with a hard skin, hard-skinned, thick-skinned, callous.

(ld, BL)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

cilium, = an eyelid;
cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)

(ld, Ox, BL)

citron, = citron;
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(lemon yellow; the purest yellow without any brightness)
(LS, BL)

a rich Anglo-Dutch financier and a Director of the Dutch East India Company who was also a keen horticulturist. In Amsterdam, Linnaeus stayed with Clifford, who owned a large, famous garden and the Zoo. Linnaeus named the genus after his patron in 1753;
-oides, = indicates resemblance.
(bearing a resemblance to CLIFFORTIA (q.v.))
(Ch, BL)

concavus, = hollow, concave; arched, vaulted; bent, curved.
(concave, curved inwards, hollowed out)
(ld, BL)

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

crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.;
sepalum, = sepal.

(ld, Ox)

crena, = incision, notch;
(rounded tooth on leaf-margin)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(crenate, having rounded teeth, scalloped)
(Ox, BL)

cymba, = a boat, skiff; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead);
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(boat-shaped: having the figure of a boat in miniature; that is to say, concave, tapering to each end, with a keel externally)

(ld, BL)

dasys, = thick with hair, hairy, rough; downy;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS)

divarico, = to spread asunder, to stretch apart; to be spread out;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(divaricate; spreading asunder at a wide angle; turning off from any thing irregularly but at almost a right angle; as the branches of many things)

(ld, BL)

For Percy Lawrence Dunsdon (1993-1986),** South African plantsman born in Caledon, South Africa. The taxon in southern Africa that has this specific epithet is Aspalathus dunsdoniana, published in 1960 by Swedish-Danish botanist Rolf Martin Theodor Dahlgren. The description of this taxon was based on a specimen that had been displayed at the British Empire Exhibition in 1925, the displays of flowers for which had been arranged by a Mr. Dunsdon of Caledon.
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)

ERICA (q.v.);
folium, = a leaf.
(with leaves resembling those of ERICAS)
(ld, K3)

excelsus, = elevated, lofty, high.
(ld)

filum, fili-, = a thread;
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(with thread-like stem)
(ld, BL)

For John Forbes (1799 - 1823)**.
(Ch)

dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny.
(a sombre brown, ‘brown tinged with greyish or blackish’ (Lindley). ‘very dark blackish brown’ (Dade), but often used to indicate darkness of clolour)
(ld, BL)

globus, = a round body, a ball, sphere, globe;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
globosus, = round as a ball, spherical, globose.

(ld, BL)

gglobus, = a round body, a ball, sphere, globe;
-ulus, = diminutive;
globulus, = a little ball, a globule;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.

(ld, BL)

hispido, = to make bristly, prickly;
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’).
hispidus, = rough, shaggy, hairy, bristly, prickly.
(hispid, covered with coarse rigid erect hairs or bristles harsh to the touch)

(ld, BL)

inter, = between, betwixt, among, amid, surrounded by;
(between, among, in the midst of, surrounded by, during)
valles, vallis, = a valley, vale.
inter-vallum, = the open space within the mound or breastwork of a camp, the space between two palisades;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(ld, BL)

juniperus, = the juniper tree;
-inus, = indicates possession or resemblance.
Juniperinus communis, is a hardy spreading shrub or low tree, having awl-shaped prickly leaves and bluish-black or purple berries, with a pungent taste.
(ld, BL, Ox)

larix, = a larch, larch-tree; (a well known conifer);
folium, = a leaf.
(the leaves resemble members of genus LARIX)
(ld, Ox, AB)

For a Mr. H.J. Lebeck (? - 1800),** Dutch botanist, traveller, merchant, plant collector in Indo-Malaya, and a student of Carl Peter Thunberg.
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(resembling the genus LEBECKIA (q.v.))
(Ch, BL)

linea, linia, = a linen thread, a string, line;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
linearis, = of or belonging to lines, consisting of lines, linear.
(narrow, short, with the two opposite margins parallel)

(ld, BL)

llingua, = the tongue;
-ula, = diminutive;
ligula, lingula, = a little tongue, the tongue of a shoe, a shoe trap, shoe-latchet; a spoon or ladle;
lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear;
(capsule or pod).
(in this case, possibly tongue-like leaves)
(ld, BL, LS, AB)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much;
(long, large, great)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(LS, BL)

mmargo, marginis, = an edge, brink, border, margin;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(margined)
(ld, BL)

mikros, = little, small; petty, mean, trivial insignificant;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

monos, = alone, only;
(alone, solitary)
sperma, = that which is sown, seed.
(one-seeded)
(LS, BL)

neglego, neglectum, = to not heed, not trouble oneself about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to.
neglectus, = neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised.
(neglected)
(a neglected plant – considering that it was quite common; it was overlooked and only named comparatively recently)
(ld, BL, LB)

niger, -gra, -grum, = black, sable, dark, dusky;
(black, especially glossy black)
-a, -um, = ‘characteristic of’.
nigrum, = a black spot.

(ld, BL)

oblongus, = rather long, longish; oblong;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld)

pachys, = thick, large, stout;
lobos, = the lobe or lower part of the ear.
(capsule or pod)

villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair;
(long weak hairs)
caulis, = the stalk or stem of a plant.
(LS, BL, ld)

PSORALEA (q.v.);
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(BL)

quinque, = five;
folium, = a leaf.
(probably refers to leaf being of five leaflets)
(ld, BL)

quinque, = five;
folium, = a leaf.
(probably refers to leaf being of five leaflets)

virga, = a slender green branch, a twig, sprout, switch, rod;
(slender green branch, twig, scion, stripe)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
virgatus, = made of twigs or osiers.
(twiggy, long and slender, or streaked, rod-like)

(ld, AB, BL)

ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-ulus, = diminutive.
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(bearing branchlets,usually many)
(ld, BL)

retro, = backwards, back; on the back side, behind;
flexus, = a bending, turning, winding.
retro-flecto, = to bend or turn back.
(reflex, bent backwards)
(ld, BL)

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)

serpo, = to creep, crawl.
serpens, = a creeping thing, a creeper, crawler.
(creeping)
(ld, BL)

stēnos, = narrow, straight;
phyllon, = a leaf.
(LS)

For Thomas Pearson Stokoe (1868-1959),** mountaineer and member of the Mountain Club of South Africa, watercolor artist and prolific plant collector, a Yorkshireman who left his wife of 16 years and daughter and emigrated to South Africa in 1911.
(Ch)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
mitto, missum, = to cause to go, let go, send, to send off, despatch.
summitto, submissum, = to set, put, or place under or below; humble, submissive.
(ld, BL)

sub, = under, below, beneath, underneath; a little, somewhat, rather, slightly;
(below, under, approaching, almost, somewhat, not completely, a little)
tingo, tinctum, = to wet, moisten, bathe with any liquid; to soak in colour, to dye, colour, tinge.
tingens, = a dyer.
(to dye; dyeing)
(ld, BL)

ter, = three times, thrice;
nascor, natus, nasci, = to rise, take beginning, derive origin, spring forth, grow, be found.
natus, = of plants, a growing, growth.
(divided into threes)
(ld, An)

tri-, = three times, thrice;
dens, dentis, = a tooth;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
dentatus, = having teeth; toothed, dentated, spiked, pointed.
(LS, ld, BL)