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
TRITONIOPSIS (La)
Snake Flower (Le)
Family: IRIDACEAE
TRITONIA (q.v.);
-opsis, = aspect, appearance, hence 'resemblance'.
(BL)
Tritoniopsis antholyza (G)
Common Snakeflower (Wf) Karkarblom, Rooipypie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
lussa, = rage, fury.
(a poetic allusion to the open-mouthed flowers, which are meant to look like an angry animal)
(LS, K3)
Tritoniopsis burchellii

Location: (F, K, P)
For William John Burchell (1781-1863).**
(Ch)
Tritoniopsis caffra (Ar)

Location: (K)
kāfir, = infidel.
(term used by early explorers – ‘associated with Southern Africa’)
(Ox, K3)
Tritoniopsis caledonensis (La)

Location: (K)
caledon, = Caledon;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth or origin or else habitat.
(BL)
Tritoniopsis dodii
Small Rietpypie (Vo)
Location: (F, P)
For Anthony Hurt Wolley-Dod (1861-1948).**
(Ch)
Tritoniopsis lata var. lata (La)
Large Rietpypie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
latus, lati-, = broad, wide.
(broad, wide)
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis nervosa (La)
Karkaarblom, Witkalossie (PS)
Location: (F, K)
nervus, = a sinew, tendon, nerve;
(nerve (vein))
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
nervosus, = full of sinews, sinewy, nervous.
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis parviflora var. angusta (La)

Location: (F)
parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.

angustus, = narrow, strait, close, contracted, small, not spacious.
(narrow)
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis parviflora var. parviflora (La)

Location: (F, K, P)
parvus, = little, small, petty, puny, inconsiderable.
minor, = less, lesser, smaller, inferior.
minimus, =, very small, very little; least, smallest.
(little, small, puny)
flos, floris, = a blossom, flower.
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis pulchella var. pulchella (La)

Location: (K)
pulcher, pulchrum, = beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome;
-ella, = diminutive.
pulchellus, pulcellus, = beautiful and little.
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis pulchra (La)
Rooipypie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
pulcher, pulchrum, = beautiful, beauteous, fair, handsome.
(ld)
Tritoniopsis ramosa var. ramosa (La)

Location: (K)
ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
ramosus, = full of boughs, having many branches, braching, branchy.
(branched)
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis ramosa var. unguiculata (La)

Location: (K)
ramus, = a branch, bough, twig;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
ramosus, = full of boughs, having many branches, braching, branchy.
(branched)

unguis, = a nail of a person’s finger or toe; of plants, a nail-like spot, the tip, extremity;
-culus, = diminutive;
unguiculus, = a finger nail;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(claw, narrowed basal part of a petal, length of a fingernail)
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis triticea (La)
Summer Snakeflower (Wf) Berguintjie (Vo)
Location: (F, K, P)
triticum; triticeus, = wheat; of wheat, wheaten, wheat-;
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.

(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis unguicularis (La)

Location: (K, P)
unguis, = a nail of a person’s finger or toe; of plants, a nail-like spot, the tip, extremity;
-culus, = diminutive;
unguiculus, = a finger nail;
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
(ld, BL)
Tritoniopsis williamsiana

Location: (F)
Ion James Muirhead Williams (1912-2001).**
(Ch)