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
RAFNIA
Widow Peale (Le)
Family: FABACEAE
For Carl Gottlob Rafn (1769-1808).**
(Ch)
Rafnia acuminata (La)
Soethoutbossie (Sw)
Location: (F, K)
acuo, = to make sharp or pointed, to sharpen, whet;
acumen, acuminis, = a point;
-inus, =indicates possession or resemblance;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(acuminate; tapering gradually or abruptly from inwardly curved sides into a narrow point, sharpened)
(ld, BL)
Rafnia capensis (La)

Location: (P)
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)
Rafnia capensis subsp. ovata (La)
Soethoutbossie (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
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)

ovo, ovatus, = to exult, rejoice; a shouting, rejoicing;
ovum, ovatus, = an egg; egg-shaped; having ovate spots;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(BL, ld)
Rafnia capensis subsp. pedicellata (La)
Soethoutbossie (Sw)
Location: (F, P)
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)

pes, pedis, = a foot; the stalk or pedicle of a fruit, especially of the grape;
-ellus, = diminutive;
pedicellus, = pedicel (flower stalk);
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(BL, ld)
Rafnia crassifolia (La)

Location: (F)
crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.;
folium, = a leaf.
(something more thick than usual. Leaves, for instance, are generally papery in texture; the leaves of cotyledons, which are much more fleshy, are called ‘thick’)
(ld, BL)
Rafnia cuneifolia [Now R. elliptica] (La)

Location: (K)
cuneus, = a wedge;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld)
Rafnia elliptica (La)

Location: (F, K)
ellipsis, = an ellipsis;
-iticus, = indicates fitness or capability for something or possession of.
(elliptical)
(ld, BL)
Rafnia lancea (La)

Location: (K)
lancea, = a light spear;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(ld, BL)
Rafnia perfoliata (Now R. acuminata) (La)

Location: (K)
per-, pel-, = of space, through; in composition it usually adds intensity to the significance, thoroughly, perfectly, completely, exceedingly;
folium, = a leaf.
(when the two basal lobes of an amplexicaul leaf are united together)
(ld, BL)
Rafnia triflora (G, La)

Location: (K)
tri-, = three times, thrice;
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(LS, ld)