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Genus:
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B
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SKIATOPHYTUM
(
G
)
Platblaarvygie (
Le
)
Family:
AIZOACEAE
skia, = a shadow, shade;
phyton, = a plant, tree.
(preferred habitat)
(
LS
,
Le
)
Skiatophytum skiatophytoides
(
G
)
Location: (
K
,
P
)
skia, = a shadow, shade;
phyton, = a plant, tree;
(preferred habitat)
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(
LS
,
Le
,
BL
)
Skiatophytum tripolium [Now S. skiatophytoides]
(
G
)
Location: (
K
,
P
)
tri-, = three times, thrice;
polus, = the end of an axis, a pole;
-ium, = means ‘characteristic of’.
(pertaining to branches ending in three flower stalks)
(
LS
,
vJ
)