Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
Shotia | SHOT-ee-uh | Named for Richard van der Schot, 18th century gardener and explorer in South Africa with Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin |
calcitrappa | kal-kee-TRAH-puh | From the Medieval Latin calcatrippa (thistle), a compound of calyx (heel) or calcare (to tread), and trapa, a Germanic word meaning trap |
acanthoides | a-KAN-thoy-deez | Resembling Acanthus (meaning spike or spine) |
biebersteinii | by-ber-STY-nee-eye | Named for Baron Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, 19th century German explorer in southern Russia |
tenuiflorus | ten-yoo-ee-FLOR-uh | Slender flowered |
tenuiflorum | ten-yoo-ee-FLOR-um | Slender flowered |
tenuiflora | ten-yoo-ee-FLOR-uh | Slender flowered |
x grandiflorum | gran-dih-FLOR-um | Hybrid having large flowers |
x morifolium | mor-ee-FOH-lee-um | Hybrid having leaves like Morus (Mulberry) |
camporum | KAM-por-um | Obscure meaning; possibly a derivation of camphorum, alluding to the aromatic properties of the species |
megacephalum | meg-uh-SEFF-uh-lum | From the Greek mega (large) and kephale (head) |
huegelii | hew-GEL-ee-eye | Named after Baron Karl von Huegel, 19th century Austrian naturalist |
megacephalus | meg-uh-SEFF-uh-lus | From the Greek mega (large) and kephale (head) |
lewtonii | lew-TON-ee-eye | Named for F.L. Lewton, who collected plants in the late 19th century |
angustata | an-gus-TAY-tuh | Narrowed |
angustatum | an-gus-TAY-tum | Narrowed |
angustatus | an-gus-TAY-tus | Narrowed |
pugnax | PUG-naks | From the Latin pugnare, meaning stubborn, contentious |