| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Acanthostyles | a-kanth-oh-STY-lees | Thorny styles |
| Serianthes | ser-ee-AN-theez | From the Greek seri (silk) and anthos (flower) |
| zamiifolium | zam-ee-FOH-lee-um | Having leaves like Zamia (pine cones, or from the name of a native water spirit); also spelled zamiaefolium |
| zamiaefolium | zam-eye-ay-FOH-lee-um | Having leaves like Zamia (pine cones, or from the name of a native water spirit); also spelled zamiifolium |
| Boottia | BOOT-tee-uh | Named for Dr. Francis Boott, 19th century American botanist and physician |
| decidua | dee-SID-yoo-uh | From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous |
| deciduum | dee-SID-yoo-um | From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous |
| deciduus | dee-SID-yoo-us | From the Latin de (down) and cadere (to fall); deciduous |
| Argylia | ar-GY-lee-uh | Named for Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll and 18th century Scottish nobelman |
| loddigesii | low-dih-GEEZ-ee-eye | Named for Conrad Loddiges, 19th century London-based supplier of exotic plants and botanical artist |
| macrostachya | mak-ro-STAK-yuh | Large (flower) spike |
| macrostachyum | mak-ro-STAK-yum | Large (flower) spike |
| Antheroporum | anth-er-oh-POR-um | From the Greek anthero (anther) and poros (pore, passage) |
| Pultenaea | pul-ten-NAY-uh | Named for Richard Pulteney, 18th century English botanist |
| Spathoglottis | spath-oh-GLOT-tiss | Spathe tongue, refering to the shape of the flower lip |
| Calostemma | kal-oh-STEM-uh | From the Greek kalos (beautiful) and stemma (crown) |
| Lechenaultia | lay-shen-NAWL-tee-uh | Variant of Leschenaultia, named for Louis Theodore Leschenault de la Tour, 19th century French botanist and traveller |
| Azalea | az-ZAY-lee-uh | From the Greek azaleos (dry), referring to the native habitat of the original species A. procumbens |
| Bowkeria | bow-KER-ee-uh | Named for James Henry Bowker, and his sister Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Barber, 19th century botanists in South Africa |
| x mentorensis | men-tor-EN-sis | Hybrid plant bred by M. Howarth, of Mentor, Ohio (U.S.) in the 1920s |
| acanthothamnos | a-kanth-oh-THAM-nos | Thorny shrub; sometimes spelled acanthothamnus |
| acanthothamnus | a-kanth-oh-THAM-nus | Variant of acanthothamnos, meaning spiny shrub |
| Bertholletia | berth-oh-LAY-ee-uh | Named for Comte Claude-Louis Berthollet, 18th century French chemist |
| Zonotriche | zo-no-TRY-kee | From the Greek zono (belt) and trix (hair) |
