| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Thamnosma | THAM-nos-muh | Greek for thamnos (shrub) and osma (smells), referring to the plant's strong odor |
| Tiquila | teh-KEE-luh | The Latinized name for the South American indian tribe and nearby mountain, Ticuilas, where the Agave plant was discovered |
| Torilis | 1: TOR-il-iss
2: tor-RIL-iss | Adanson gave the plant this name in 1763, the meaning is obscure |
| Verbesina | ver-bes-SIGH-nuh | Resembling leaves of Verbena, which is the ancient Greek name for Vervain |
| Gymnosperma | jim-no-SPER-muh | Naked seed |
| Dasylirion | das-il-LIR-ee-on | From the Greek dasys (thick) and lirion (lily), referring to the thick stems and lily-like flowers |
| Broussonetia | 1: broo-soh-NEE-she-uh
2: broo-soh-NET-ee-uh | Named for Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet, 18th century French naturalist |
| Bumelia | bew-MEE-lee-uh | From the Greek boumelios, the name for the European ash tree; it isn't clear why the name was applied to this genus |
| Eysenhardtia | eye-sen-HARD-tee-uh | Named for Karl Wilhelm Eysenhardt, 19th century professor of botany at University of Konigsberg, Germany |
| Sapium | SAY-pee-um | Ancient Latin name for a resinous pine, the sap lathers like soap |
| Lindera | lin-DEER-ruh | Named for Johann Linder, 18th century Swedish botanist |
| Avena | av-VEE-nuh | Ancient Latin name for oats |
| Agropyron | ag-ro-PY-ron | From the Greek agros (field) and puros (wheat) |
| Agrostis | ag-ROSS-tiss | From the Greek agros, meaning grass |
| Alopecurus | al-oh-pee-KEW-rus | From the Greek alopekouros, meaning grass like a fox's tail |
| Aristida | ar-RISS-ti-duh | From the Greek meaning awn |
| Bromus | BROH-mus | From the ancient Greek word bromos, referring to a kind of oat |
| Buchloe | boo-KLOH-ee | From the Greek bous, meaning cow or ox |
| cenchrus | SENCH-rus | From the Greek cenchros, meaning millet |
| Chloris | KLO-riss | Named for the Greek goddess of flowers |
| Coelorachis | 1: see-lor-RAY-kis
2: ko-ee-lor-ray-kis | From the Greek koilos (hollow) and rhakhis (spine, ridge) |
| Cynodon | | means |
| Digitaria | dij-ih-TARE-ree-uh | From the Latin digitus (finger) |
| Distichlis | DIS-tik-lis | From the Greek distichos (two-ranked), referring to the stamens, which are in two whorls |
| Hedyotis | hed-ee-OH-tis | From the Greek hedys (sweet) and otos (ear), the significance of the name is not known |
| Polyrrhiza | pol-ee-RY-zuh | Many roots |
| lindenii | lin-DEN-ee-eye | Named for Jean-Jules Linden, 19th century Belgian Orchid grower and nursery man |
| Cynodon | SIGH-no-don | From the Greek kyon (dog) and odous (tooth, referring to the sharp, hard scales of the plant's rhizomes and stolons |
| Hordeum | | a classical Latin name for barley |
| Koeleria | | named for George Ludwig Koeler (1765 - 1807), a German botanist |
| Bothriochloa | | Greek for |
| Enneapogon | | Greek for |
