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
thamnos, = a bush, shrub;
khortos, = grass, hay.
(branched sterile branches)
(LS, Le)
Thamnochortus arenarius (La)

Location: (K)
harena, arena, = sand, sands, a sandy place, a sandy desert;
-arius, = indicates connection or possession.
harenarius, arenarius, = of or pertaining to sand; of or pertaining to the amphitheatre; a sand pit.
(growing on sand)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus bachmannii

Location: (F)
For Dr. Franz Ewald Bachmann (1856-c.1916).**
(Ch)
Thamnochortus dumosus (La)

Location: (K)
dumus, = a thorn-bush, bramble;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
dumosus, = full of thorns.
(full of thorn-bushes, of bushy habit or aspect)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus erectus (La)
Jakkalsstert, Wyfieriet (PS)
Location: (F, K)
erigo, = to raise or set up, to erect.
erectus, = set up, upright, elevated, lofty.
(ld)
Thamnochortus fraternus (La)

Location: (K)
frater, = a brother.
fraternus, = brotherly, fraternal.
(closely allied)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus fruticosus (La)
Besemriet (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
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)
Thamnochortus gracilis (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
gracilis, gracilus, = thin, slight, slender, slim, meagre, lean; simple, plain, unadorned;
-ilis, = indicates capacity or ability. Hence a property or quality.
(thin, slender)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus guthrieae

Location: (K)
Louise Guthrie (1879-1966).**
(Ch)
Thamnochortus insignis (La)
Jakkalstert, Mannetjiesriet (PS)
Location: (F, P)
insignis, = distinguished by a mark, remarkable, noted, eminent, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary.
(distinguished by, remarkable for, outstanding, noted)
(Alien)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus lucens (La)
Jakkalstert (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
luceo, = to be light or clear, to shine, beam, glitter.
(shining, polished, glistening)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus pellucidus (La)

Location: (F, K)
per-, pel-, = of space, through; in composition it usually adds intensity to the significance, thoroughly, perfectly, completely, exceedingly;
lux, lucis, = light;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
lucidus, = containing light, full of light, clear, bright, shining;
pellucidus, = transparent, pellucid; bright, shining, glittering.
(shining, clear, transparent)
(ld, BL)
Thamnochortus pulcher (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
pulcher, pulchrum, = beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome.
(ld)
Thamnochortus sporadicus (G)

Location: (K)
sporas, = scattered, spread about;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
(LS, BL)