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

TETRAGONIA (G)
Kinkelbos, Klapperbrak (Le) Dewbush (Wf)
Family: AIZOACEAE

tetros, = four;
gony, = the knee;
(angled, angular; knee, node (of grass))
-ius, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connexion or resemblance.
(shape of the fruit)
(LS, BL, Le)

Tetragonia decumbens (La)

Location: (F, K)

decumbo, decumbere, = to lie down.
(reclining upon the earth, and rising again from it at the apex)
(ld, BL)

Tetragonia echinata (G)
Klappiesbrak (PS)
Location: (P)

ekhinos, = the urchin, hedgehog, also the sea urchin;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(echinate, armed with numerous rigid hairs or straight prickles or spines or spiny projections)
(G, BL)

Tetragonia fruticosa (La)
Klimopkinkelbossie, Porselein, Waterslaaibos (PS) Climbing Dewbush (Wf)
Location: (F)

frutex, = a shrub, bush;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
fruticosus, = full of shrubs or bushes, shrubby, bushy.
(bushy; shrub-like)
(ld, BL)

Tetragonia nigrescens (La)
Pennyleaf Dewbush (Wf)
Location: (F)

niger, -gra, -grum, = black, sable, dark, dusky;
(black, especially glossy black)
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
nigresco, = to become black, grow dark.
(becoming black)
(ld, BL)