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
WURMBEA
Spike Lily (Le)
Family: COLCHICACEAE
For Christoph Carl Friedrich von Wurmb (1742 - 1782).**
(Ch)
Wurmbea glassii

Location: (P)
For James Glass (fl. 1892-1893).**
(Ch)
Wurmbea inusta (La)

Location: (P)
in-, un-, = not;
uro, ussi, ustum, = to singe, to burn.
inustus, = not burned, unconsumed.
(ld)
Wurmbea punctata [Was Onixotis punctata] (La)
Hanekammetjie (PS)
Location: (F, K, P)
pungo, = to prick, puncture; to sting; vex, grieve, trouble, disturb, afflict, mortify, annoy;
punctus, punctum, = pricked in, like a point; that which is pricked or pricked in, a point, small hole, puncture; small spot;
(point, position, dot, small spot)
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(covered by minute impressions as if made by a point of a pin)
(ld, BL)
Wurmbea recurva (La)

Location: (K)
recurvus, = turned back, bent, crooked, or curved back.
(recurved, curved backwards)
(ld, BL)
Wurmbea spicata (La)
White Spike Lily (Wf) Witkoppie (PS)
Location: (F)
spico, = to furnish with spikes or ears;
spica, spicus, = a point; of grain, an ear, spike; of things of a similar shape, e.g. a top, tuft, head of other plants;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
(ld, BL)