Species within a genus

acinus, = a berry, especially a grape; the stone of a berry;
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
acinosus, = like or similar to grapes.
(ld, BL)

airo, = to rise or lift up, to carry; to lift and take away; put an end to; later to kill;
aira, = a greek name for a different grass, LOLIUM tremulentum, known as poison darnell;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, Le, K3, BL)

amplus, = full all round; hence, great, large; abundant, ample, much, long.
(ample, abundant, large, great)
(ld, BL)

aargentum, = white metal; silver;
-eum, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
argenteus, = of or from silver, made of silver; of a white, silver colour, silvery.
(silvery)
(ld, BL)

arista, = the awn or beard of grain;
-ida, = indicates a state or action in progress; -ish;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(bearded)
(ld, BL)

asper, = as affecting the sense of touch: rough, uneven;
-um, = means ‘characteristic of’.
asperum, = an uneven, rough place.
(rough to the touch because of prickles, uneven, harsh, rugged)
(ld, BL)

cape, = Cape of Good Hope;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(pertaining to the Cape of Good Hope; Cape Peninsula)
(BL)

capillus, = the hair, the hair of the head; (while crinis is any hair);
(hair, hair’s width, 0.18mm.)
-alis, -aris, = belonging or pertaining to, resembling, provided with.
capillaris, = of or pertaining to the hair.
(ld, BL)

color, = colour, hue, tint;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
coloratus, = having colour, coloured.
(ld, BL)

curvus, = crooked, curved, bent;
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

erion, = wool;
stoma, = mouth, also the whole face.
(LS)

olkos, = a kind of grass (Hortus Clifforttianus- L. 1737);
olkos, = a furrow, track;
forma, = form, contour, figure, shape, appearance.
(Ox, LS, ld)

makros, = far stretching; tall, lofty, much;
(long, large, large)
kalux, calyx, = covering of a flower or fruit, hence ‘calyx’;
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
(belonging to the calyx, with a well developed calyx)
(LS, BL)

malouiniensis, = most likely after the Falkland Islands; the Spanish name for them Islas Malvinas, which is derived from the French name Îles Malouines, bestowed in 1764 by Louis Antonie de Bougainville, after the mariners and fishermen from the Breton port of Saint-Malo, who became the island’s first known settlers;
-ensis, = indicates country or place of growth, or origin or else habitat.
(K3, BL)

obtundo, obtudi, obtusus, = to blunt, weaken, make dull, deprive of strength; blunted, blunt, dull, weak, faint, powerless;
(blunt, obtuse, rounded)
folium, = a leaf.
(ld, BL)

palleo, pallens, = to be or look pale, sallow or yellow, to fade, wan;
-escens, = indicates process of becoming, hence not fully achieved resemblance, often expressed by the termination ‘-ish’.
pallesco, =to grow or turn pale.
(ld, BL)

palleo, pallens, = to be or look pale, sallow or yellow, to fade, wan;
-idus, = indicates a state or an action in progress.
(ld, BL)

patulus, = standing open, open; spread out, spreading, extended, broad, wide.
(spread, outspread)
(ld, BL)

puer, pusus, = a boy, a little boy;
-illus, = diminutive.
pusillus, = very little, very small, petty, insignificant; a trifle.

(ld, BL)

scaber, scabrum, = rough, scurfy, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy.
(scabrous, i.e. rough or gritty to the touch on account of numerous minute projections)
(ld, BL)

For Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars (1758-1831).**
(Ch)

tri-, , = three times, thrice;
saeta, seta, = a thick, stiff hair, a bristle; of the spiny leaves of coniferous trees.
(a bristle, bristle-like organ, as the fruit-stalk of a (sporophore) moss)
(LS, ld, BL)

For William Tyson (1851-1920).**
(Ch)

viscum, = the mistletoe (bird-lime made from the berries of the mistletoe);
-idus, = indicates a state or action in progress (‘-ish’);
viscidus, = clammy, ticky, viscid;
-ulus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)