| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Duvaliandra | doo-val-ee-AN-druh | Named for its similarity to the genus Duvalia |
| smutsii | SMUTS-ee-eye | Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist |
| Larryleachia | lar-ree-LEE-chee-uh | Named for Leslie (Larry) C. Leach, 20th century English born, self taught botanist in Zimbabwe and South Africa who specialised in succulent Asclepiads and Euphorbias |
| smutsiana | smuts-ee-AY-nuh | Named for Jan Smuts, 20th century South African Prime Minister and botanist |
| Chasmatophyllum | chas-mat-oh-FIL-um | From the Greek chasme (gaping) and phyllon (leaf) |
| Hoodia | HOOD-ee-uh | Named for Mr. Hood, a 19th century English succulent grower |
| pole-evansii | pohl eh-VANS-ee-eye | Named for Dr. Illtyd Buller Pole Evans, 20th century plant pathologist and botanist who collected in South Africa |
| Aspidoglossum | as-pid-oh-GLOS-um | From the Greek aspidos (shield) and glossus (tongue) |
| physocarpa | fy-so-KAR-puh | From Greek phusa or physa (bladder) and karpos (fruit) |
| Huerniopsis | hew-ern-ee-OP-sis | Resembling Huernia (genus named for Justus Heurnius, 17th century Dutch missionary and botanist) |
