| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Anaphyllum | an-uh-FIL-um | Wihout leaves |
| ficoidea | fy-KOY-dee-uh | Fig-like |
| ficoideum | fy-KOY-dee-um | Fig-like |
| ficoideus | fy-KOY-dee-us | Fig-like |
| helleborine | hel-le-BOR-in-ee | From the Greek, resembling Helleborus |
| herbertiana | her-ber-tee-AY-nuh | Named for the Herbert River (now Georgina River) in Queensland, Australia |
| rochebrunianum | ro-shay-broo-nee-AY-um | Named by Adrien Rene Franchet and Paul Amadee Ludovic Savatier, derivation is obscure |
| Achyrocline | ak-ky-roh-KLY-nee | From the Greek achyr (chaff) and clinos (to slope or bend) |
| dillenii | dil-LEN-ee-eye | Named for Johann Jacob Dillen (Latinized to Dillenius), 18th century German botanist and physician |
| monelli | mon-NEL-ee | Namesake is obscure; also frequently spelled monellii |
| monellii | mon-NEL-ee-eye | Namesake is obscure; less frequently spelled monelli |
| Artemesiopsis | ar-tem-miz-ee-OP-sis | Resembles Artemesia (Named for the goddess Artemis in Greek mythology, who so benefitted from a plant of this family that she gave it her own name) |
| Farfugium | far-FEW-gee-um | Ancient name used by Pliny the Elder for this plant |
| mihanovichii | me-han-oh-VIK-ee-eye | Named for Nicolas Mihanovich, 20th century Yugoslavian shipping magnate and patron of botany |
| perplexa | per-PLEKS-uh | From the Latin per (completely) and plectare (to entwine), referring to the entangled nature of the relationship among the species |
| perplexum | per-PLEKS-um | From the Latin per (completely) and plectare (to entwine), referring to the entangled nature of the relationship among the species |
| perplexus | per-PLEKS-us | From the Latin per (completely) and plectare (to entwine), referring to the entangled nature of the relationship among the species |
| zeilmanniana | zeel-mah-nee-AY-nuh | Named for H. Zeilmann, member of the German Cactus Society |
| Bahianthus | ba-hy-AN-thus | Of or from Bahia (Brazil), where the plant is native |
| Dianthera | dy-ANTH-er-uh | From the Greek di (two) and anther (flower) |
| ficoides | fy-KOY-deez | Resembling Ficus (fig) |
| barbatus x caryophyllus | bar-BAY-tus kar-ee-oh-FY-lus | A sterile hybrid from crossing two species - barbatus (meaning bearded, barbed) and caryophyllus (pink coloured or clove scented) |
| Boussingaultia | boo-san-GO-ee-uh | named for named for Jean Baptiste Joseph Dieudonné Boussingault, 19th century French pharmacist and physiologist |
