After Jan (Johannes) Le Francq van Berkhey (1729-1812),** Dutch botanist, biologist, lecturer in natural history at the University of Leyden 1773-1795, poet, and physician. (Ch)
barba, = of plants, the wool; the beard, of men;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
barbatus, = having a beard, bearded; of plants, wooly, downy.
(bearded, provided with tufts of long, weak hairs) (ld, BL)
rigeo, rigens, = to be stiff, stiffen;
(stiff, rigid, unbendable)
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
rigidus, = stiff, hard, inflexible, rigid. (ld, BL)