| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| acanthodes | a-KANTH-oh-deez | Spiny |
| x clandonensis | klan-don-EN-sis | Hybrid created in 1930 in West Clandon, England |
| kolomitka | koh-loh-MIK-tuh | The vernacular name in the Amur region for this species |
| siceria | sy-KER-ee-uh | Latinized form of shekar, from the Hebrew meaning strong (fermented) drink |
| Achyropappus | a-ky-roh-PAP-us | From the Greek achr (chaff) and pappus |
| Dunalia | dun-AY-lee-uh | Named for Michel Felix Dunal, 19th century French botanist and professor of botany in Montpellier |
| brachytricha | brak-ee-TRY-kuh | Short hairs |
| brachytrichum | brak-ee-TRY-kum | Short hairs |
| brachytrichus | brak-ee-TRY-kus | Short hairs |
| ritro | RIH-tro | Derivation is obscure; the plant was introduced to cultivation from western Europe and Asia in the mid 1600s |
| Achnopogon | ak-no-POH-gon | From the Greek achne (chaff) and pogon (beard) |
| Heterachne | het-er-AK-nee | From the Greek heteros (different) and achne (chaff) |
| Schizachne | ski-ZAK-nee | From the Greek schizo (split) and and achne (chaff), referring to the two-cleft lip of the lemma |
| Ibervillea | ee-ber-VEE-lee-uh | Possibly named for Pierre LeMoyne Sieur D'Iberville, 17th century explorer and settler in America |
| hippomanica | hip-oh-MAN-ik-uh | From the Greek hippomanes, referring to herbs that poison horses |
| hippomanicum | hip-oh-MAN-ik-um | From the Greek hippomanes, referring to herbs that poison horses |
| hippomanicus | hip-oh-MAN-ik-us | From the Greek hippomanes, referring to herbs that poison horses |
| Acrosorus | ak-roh-SOR-us | From the Greek akro (top, end) and sorus (heap) |
| kilimandscharicum | kil-ih-man-SHAR-ih-kum | Of or from Kilimandscharo (Mt. Kilimanjaro), Africa |
| quadrangulare | kwad-ran-gew-LAIR-ee | Four-angled |
| quadrangularis | kwad-ran-gew-LAIR-iss | Four-angled |
| Streptopus | STREP-toh-pus | From the Greek streptos (easily twisted or bent) |
