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

STOEBE (G)
Snakebush (Wf) Hartebeeskaroo (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE

stoibe, = a stuffing, filling up; anything stuffed in. (shrubby plant used for packing wine jars and making brooms)
(LS, Le)

Stoebe aethiopica (G, La)
Knoppiesslangbos(PS) Withofie-slangbos
Location: (F, K, P)

Aithiops, (αίθώ, όψ), = an Ethiop, negro, properly Burnt-face. Aethiopia, = a country in Africa, on both sides of the equator. Its limits cannot be accurately defined. (usually South Africa, in classical use Africa south of Libya and Egypt, hence Abyssinia) -icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, ld, BL)

Stoebe burchellii (now S. plumosa)

Location: (F, K, P)

For William John Burchell (1781-1863).**
(Ch)

Stoebe capitata (La)
Bergslangbos(PS) Pienkhofie-slangbos
Location: (F, K, P)

caput, = of things; the head, top, summit, point, end, extremity; -atus, = indicates possession or likeness. capitatus, = having a head. (capitate, with a knob-like head or tip)
(ld, BL)

Stoebe cinerea (La)
Vaal Hartebeeskaroo(PS) Vaalanosterbos
Location: (F, K, P)

cinereus, = similar to ashes, ash-coloured. cinis, cineris, = ashes; -ium, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(ld, BL)

Stoebe cyathuloides (G)

Location: (K)

cyathos, = a cup; a cupping-glass (ladle, cup) -ulus, = diminutive; -oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, BL)

Stoebe fusca (La)

Location: (F)

fuscus, = dark, swarthy, dusky, tawny. (a sombre brown, ‘brown tinged with greyish or blackish’ (Lindley). ‘very dark blackish brown’ (Dade), but often used to indicate darkness of clolour)
(ld, BL)

Stoebe incana (La)

Location: (F, K, P)

in- = denotes rest or motion within on, upon, among, at; into, to towards; canus, = white, hoary; grey hairs– frequently of the grey hair of the aged; incanus, = quite gray, hoary. (covered with very short dense hairs, placed so closely as to give an appearance of whiteness to the surface from which they grow)
(ld, BL)

Stoebe plumosa (Was S. burchelii) (La)
Slangbos(PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

pluma, = a small, soft feather; fine, soft feathers, down; -osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development. plumosus, = full of down or feathers, covered with feathers, feathered.
(ld, BL)

Stoebe sphaerocephala [Now S. cyathuloides] (G)

Location: (K)

sphaira, = a sphere, globe; (globose, spherical) cephale, = head; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(LS, BL)

Stoebe spiralis (La)
Slangbos(PS)
Location: (F, K, P)

spira, = that which is wound, wreathed, coiled or twisted; a coil, fold, twist, spire; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with. (spiral)
(ld, BL)

Stoebe vulgaris [Now S. plumosa] (La)

Location: (K)

vulgo, volg-, = before every body, before all the world, generally, universally, everywhere, all over, commonly, openly, publicly; -alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with. vulgaris, = of or belonging to the great mass or multitude, general, usual, ordinary, every-day, common, common-pace, vulgar. (common, general, ordinary)
(ld, BL)