| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Acanthosicyos | a-kanth-oh-SIS-eye-os | From the Greek acanthus (spike, spine) and sisyos (cucumber) |
| Achlyphila | ak-lee-FY-luh | Darkness loving |
| Dichrostachys | dy-kro-STAK-iss | From the Greek; di (two), chroic (colour) and stachys (spike) |
| Sphaerophysa | sfay-ro-FY-suh | From the Greek sphaero (sphere) and physa (bladder), referring to the rounded, bladder-like seed pods |
| Achnophora | ak-no-FOR-uh | Chaff-bearing |
| groenlandica | green-LAND-ee-kuh | Of or from Greenland |
| groenlandicum | green-LAND-ee-kum | Of or from Greenland |
| Tetrastigma | tet-ruh-STIG-muh | From the Greek tetra (four), referring to the four-lobed stigma |
| dizygotheca | dy-zy-go-THEEK-uh | From the Greek di (two) zygo (yoked) and theka (cup), referring to its doubled anther cells |
| Porphyrocoma | por-fy-ro-KOH-muh | From the Greek porphyra (the purple-fish, or a reddish dye made from it) and kome (hair) |
| Salsola | sal-sol-a | Salt or Salty, from the Latin - salsa meaning salty. Plants with this name usually have a high salt tolerance. |
| mearnsii | MEARN-zee-eye | Named for Edgar Mearns 20th century American naturalist. |
| pohliana | pohl-ee-AY-nuh | Named for the wife (or another female relative) of Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, 19th century German botanist and explorer in Brazil |
| pohlianum | pohl-ee-AY-num | Named for the wife (or another female relative) of Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, 19th century German botanist and explorer in Brazil |
| pohlianus | pohl-ee-AY-nus | Named for the wife (or another female relative) of Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, 19th century German botanist and explorer in Brazil |
| pohlii | POHL-ee-eye | Named for Johann Baptist Emanuel Pohl, 19th century German botanist and explorer in Brazil |
| Acosta | ah-KOS-tuh | From the Greek name for barley |
| Pellionia | pell-ee-OH-nee-uh | Named for J. Alphonse Odet Pellion, 19th century French navigator and admiral |
| salsula | SAL-soo-luh | From the Latin salsa (salt or salty) |
| rigidissimus | rig-id-ISS-ih-mus | Very rigid, most rigid |
| rigidissimum | rig-id-ISS-ih-mum | Very rigid, most rigid |
| rigidissima | rig-id-ISS-ih-muh | Very rigid, most rigid |
| Asiasarum | ay-zha-SAIR-um | Asia and Asarum, a name used by Dioscorides for this plant |
| Pyrrosia | py-ROH-see-uh | From the Greek pyrros (flame-colored), referring to the reddish-yellow fronds |
| Bejaria | be-HAR-ee-uh | Named by Mutis for Professor José Bejar, 19th century Spanish botanist in Cadiz; Linneaus incorrectly spelled Befaria |
| Adenoglossa | a-den-oh-GLOSS-uh | From the Greek aden (gland) and glossa (tongue) |
| Acanthostelma | a-kan-tho-STEL-muh | From the Greek acanthos (thorny, spiny) and stelma (crown) |
