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
ROELLA
Cape Bellflower (Le) Roella (Wf)
Family: CAMPANULACEAE
For Willem (Wilhelm) Roell (18th c.).**
(Ch)
Roella ciliata (La)

Location: (K)
cilium, = an eyelid;
cilium, = delicate hairs resembling eyelashes, especially such as form a fringe to the margins of leaves;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(fringed or surrounded with hairs or fine bristles)
(ld, Ox, BL)
Roella compacta (La)

Location: (F, K)
compingo, compactum, = to join or unite several parts into one whole, to put together, frame, make by joining, compose; compact, thick-set, thick, firm.
(ld)
Roella dregeana var. dregeana (La)
White Roella (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
For Johann Franz (Jean Francois) Drège (1794-1881),** German plant collector and a botanical explorer and traveller who arrived in the Cape in 1826 with his brother Wilhelm Eduard to join his other brother Carl Friedrich who had come in 1821;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
(Ch, BL)
Roella incurva (La)
Blue Roella (Vo) White-eyed Roella (Wf)
Location: (F, K, P)
incurvus, = bent, bowed, crooked, curved.
(suddenly bent inwards)

(ld, BL)
Roella maculata (La)

Location: (K)
macula, = a spot, mark, stain; blot, blemish, mole;
(spot, blotch, mesh of network)
-ata, = indicates possession or likeness.
(spotted, blotched)
(ld, BL)
Roella muscosa (La)
Mossy Roella (Vo)
Location: (F, K)
muscus, = moss;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
muscosus, = full of moss, mossy; mossily.
(mossy, moss-like)
(ld, BL)
Roella prostrata (La)

Location: (P)
prosterno, prostratus, = to strew in front of, to strew before one; to throw to the ground, throw down, overthrow, prostrate;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(lying flat upon the earth or any other thing)
(ld, BL)
Roella triflora (G, La)

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