| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| trifoliolata | 1: try-foh-lee-oh-LAY-tuh
2: try-foh-lee-oh-LAH-tuh | Trifoliolate (three-leaved) |
| trifoliolatum | 1: try-foh-lee-oh-LAY-tum
2: try-foh-lee-oh-LAH-tum | Trifoliolate (three-leaved) |
| trifoliolatus | 1: try-foh-lee-oh-LAY-tus
2: try-foh-lee-oh-LAH-tus | Trifoliolate (three-leaved) |
| Caulophyllum | kaw-loh-FY-lum | From the Greek kaulos (stem) and phyllon (leaf), referring to the way the stem forms a stalk for a single leaf on this plant |
| Chorisia | kor-RIZ-ee-uh | Named for Ludwig Louis Choris, 19th century botanical artist on a scientific expedition to the Pacific in the 1820s |
| angiospermum | an-jee-oh-SPER-mum | From the greek angio (capsule, enclosed) and sperma (seed), referring to the plant producing seeds enclosed in fruit |
| saccharata | sak-kar-RAY-tuh | From the Greek sakcharon, the sweet juice from sugarcane |
| saccharatum | sak-kar-RAY-tum | From the Greek sakcharon, the sweet juice from sugarcane |
| saccharatus | sak-kar-RAY-tus | From the Greek sakcharon, the sweet juice from sugarcane |
| schistosa | 1: skiz-TOH-suh
2: shis-TOH-suh | Very divided |
| schistosum | 1: skiz-TOH-sum
2: shis-TOH-sum | Very divided |
| schistosus | 1: skiz-TOH-suh
2: shis-TOH-suh | Very divided |
| Stanleya | STAN-lee-yuh | Named for Lord Edward Smith Stanley, 18th century ornithologist, the 13th Earl of Derby and president of the Linnean Society |
| kleiniae | KLINE-ee-ay | Possibly named for Mrs. Jacob Theodor Klein, wife of18th century German zoologist |
| Notocactus | no-to-KAK-tus | From the Greek nótos (south) and kaktos (cactus), referring to the plant's native habitat in South America |
| rutilans | ROO-til-lanz | Reddish |
| heldreichii | hel-DRIK-ee-eye | Named for Theodor von Heldreich, 19th century German botanist |
| Symphyandra | sim-fee-AN-druh | From the Greek symphio (growing together) and andros (man), referring to the conjoined anthers |
| Carduus | | Latin for thistle |
| Cicuta | | Latin name for poison hemlock |
| Chaetopappa | | Greek for |
| Chamaesaracha | | Greek for dwarf Saracha (a South American plant) |
| Cleomella | | diminutive form of Cleome |
| Coldenia | | named for C. Colden, a New York Lieutenant-Governor & correspondent of Linnaeus |
| Cuscuta | | Arabic, meaning |
| Cymopterus | | Greek, meaning |
| Cynanchum | | Greek, meaning |
| Dalea | | named for Samuel Dale, a late 17th century English physician, botanist, and author |
| Descurania | | named for Francois Descourain (1658 - 1740), a French pharmacist and botanist |
| Engelmannia | | named for George Engelmann, a 19th century physician, botanist, and author |
| Centaurium | | Latin, referring to the Centaur Chiron who discovered the medicinal uses of the plant that came to be known as Centaury |
| Grindelia | | named for David Hieronymous Grindel (1736 - 1836), a German pharmacologist, physician, and professor of botany |
| Gutierrezia | | named for P. Gutierrez, a Spanish nobleman |
| Hymenopappus | | Greek, meaning |
| Krameria | | named for Johann G. H. Kramer (1684 - 1744), an Austrian Army physician and botanist |
| Lesquerella | | named for Leo Lesquereaux (1805 - 1889), an American botanist |
| Melilotus | | Greek for |
| Menodora | | Greek for menos, |
| Nama | | Greek for |
| Perezia | | named for Lorenzo Perez, a 16th century Spanish apothecary and author |
| Perityle | | Greek for |
| Pilostyles | | Latin for |
| Prionopsis | | Greek for |
| Psoralea | | Greek for |
