| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| decaisneana | de-kane-ee-AY-nuh | Named for Joseph Decaisne, 19th century Belgian-born French botanist, horticulturist, and director of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris |
| gracilidelineata | grass-il-ih-de-lin-ee-AY-tuh | Slender or graceful line |
| herrei | HER-ray-eye | Named for Dr. Hans Herre, 20th century botanist and expert on South African succulents |
| Clinopodium | klin-oh-POH-dee-um | Like a bed's foot |
| karasmontana | kar-as-MON-tan-uh | Of or from the Karas Mountains, Namibia (South Africa) |
| Schwantesia | shwan-TEZ-ee-uh | Named for Dr. Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes, 20th century German botanist specializing in Mesembs |
| macroloba | mak-roh-LOH-buh | Large-lobed |
| macrolobum | mak-roh-LOH-bum | Large-lobed |
| macrolobus | mak-roh-LOH-bus | Large-lobed |
| Raphionacme | raf-ee-on-AK-mee | From the Greek rhaphis (beet-root) and akme (sharpness); possibly referring to the taste of the roots |
| Orbeanthus | orb-ee-ANTH-us | Orbea-flowered (Orbea is a genus name from the Latin orbis, meaning circular shape or disc) |
| gesinae | JES-in-ay | Named for Gesina de boer, wife of Hindrik Wijbrand de Boer, 19th century succuelnts collector from the Netherlands |
