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

RHYNCHOSIA (G)
Vaalertjie (Le)
Family: FABACEAE

rugchos, = a snout, muzzle; abeak, bill;
rhyncos, = snout, muzzle, beak;
rhynch-, rhyncho-, = provided with a snout or beak, i.e. a projecting appendage;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(the style)
(LS, BL, Le)

Rhynchosia angustifolia (La)

Location: (F)

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

Rhynchosia capensis (La)

Location: (F)

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)

Rhynchosia chrysoscias (G)

Location: (F, K)

chrysos, = gold;
chrys-, chryso-, = golden-;
-ius, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(LS, BL)

Rhynchosia ferulifolia (La)

Location: (F, K)

ferula, = the plant fennel-giant, in the pith of which Prometheus is feigned to have preserved the fire which he stole from heaven; the thin or slender branch of a tree; a staff, walking-stick; a whip, rod, to punish slaves or school-boys;
-ula, = diminutive;
folium, = a leaf.
(Latin name for FENNEL; the leaves are similar to those of the genus FERULA)
(ld, BL, K3)

Rhynchosia leucoscias (G)
Blinkertjie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

leucos, = white, gray, hoary;
cio, = to go.

(LS)