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
HYPOLEPIS (G)
Fern Group (Le)
Family: DENNSTAEDTIACEAE
(h)upo, = under, beneath;
(below, under, beneath)
lepis, = a scale, husk, shell.
(scale (of fish, snake), flake)
(LS, BL)
Hypolepis villosa-viscida (La)

Location: (P)
villus, = shaggy hair, a tuft of hair;
(long weak hairs)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
villosus, = hairy, shaggy, rough.
(villous, i.e. shaggy with fairly long soft straight not interwoven ascending hairs)

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