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

SPOROBOLUS (G)
Dropseed (Le)
Family: POACEAE

sporos, = a sowing; seed-time, seed, produce, a crop;
(seed, in modern botany, ‘spore’)
bolos, = a throw with dice.
(throwing; dropping of seed)

(LS, BL, Le)

Sporobolus africanus (La)
Fynsaadgras, Ratstailgrass, Taaipol, Vleigras (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

Africa, = Africa;
-anus, = belonging to, connected with, pertaining to, used to form adjectives from nouns, particularly from geographical and personal names.
africanus, = pertaining to Africa, African.
(from Africa)
(BL, ld)

Sporobolus fimbriatus (La)
Blousaadgras, Common Dropseed, Grootoetveligras (PS)
Location: (K)

fimbriae, = fibres, threads, shreds, fibrous part, fringe;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
fimbriatus, = fibrous, fringed.
(fimbria, = the dentated or fringe-like ring of the operculum of mosses, by the elastic power of which the operculum is displaced)
(ld, BL, Ox)

Sporobolus virginicus (La)
Brakgras, Steekkweek (PS)
Location: (F, K)

virgo, virginis, = a maid, maiden, virgin, a young woman, girl; of things, pure, unused;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
virgineus, = pure white.
(ld, BL)