Species within a genus

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ELYTROPAPPUS (G, La)
Renosterbos (Le)
Family: ASTERACEAE

elytron, = a cover, covering. case, sheath;
pappos, = a grandfather; an old man.
pappus, = an old man; a grandfather; the wooly hairy seed of certain plants.
pappos, = the downy or feathery appendage on many fruits, especially Compositae, as thistles, dandilions etc., hence extended to the reduced calyx of Compositae generally, whether downy, bristly, scaly, toothed or membranous.
(apical tuft of hair or bristles or homologous appendages on fruits of Compositae; on a seed, such a tuft is termed 'coma')
(LS, ld, Ox, BL)

Elytropappus glandulosus (La)

Location: (F)

glans, = any acorn-shaped fruit;
(gland (secretary organ), swelling or appendage resembling a gland in appearance, nut (one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit with hard pericarp) borne in a cupule as an acorn)
-ulus, = diminutive.
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
glandulosus, = full of kernels, glandulous.
(ld, BL)

Elytropappus gnaphaloides
Renosterbos (PS)
Location: (K)

gnapheion, knaphos = .the prickly teasel, used by fullers to card or clean cloth;
gnapholon, = flock of wool; resemblance to downy plant used for stuffing cushions;
-ōidēs, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(LS, Le, BL)

Elytropappus longifolius (La)

Location: (K, P)

longus, = long;
folium, = a leaf.
(long leaves)
(ld, BL)

Elytropappus rhinocerotis (Was Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis) (G)
Renosterbos, Rhinoceros Bush, Vlieëbossie (Le)
Location: (F, K, P)

rugchos, = a snout, muzzle; abeak, bill;
rhyncos, = snout, muzzle, beak;
rhynch-, rhyncho-, = provided with a snout or beak, i.e. a projecting appendage;
ceras, = a horn;
-otus, = indicates resemblance or possession.
(LS, BL)