Species within a genus
a-, = intensive (very much);
spaleis = pass. part. of stello;
stello = get ready; to fit oneself out; to be dressed, decked.
aspalathos, = a scented shrub.
(What plant is referred to in the early quotations is not certainly known. Johnson gives as his first definition, ‘A plant called the rose of Jerusalem or our lady’s rose.’)
(LS, Ox)
spaleis = pass. part. of stello;
stello = get ready; to fit oneself out; to be dressed, decked.
aspalathos, = a scented shrub.
(What plant is referred to in the early quotations is not certainly known. Johnson gives as his first definition, ‘A plant called the rose of Jerusalem or our lady’s rose.’)
(LS, Ox)
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)
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(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)
-oides, = indicates resemblance.
(bearing a resemblance to CLIFFORTIA (q.v.))
(Ch, 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)
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)
excelsus, = elevated, lofty, high.
(ld)
(ld)
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)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
(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)
(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)