| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| hillmanii | hil-MAN-ee-eye | Named for Frederick Hebard Hillman, 20th century botanist with the USDA |
| Burbidgea | bur-BIDJ-ee-a | Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeana | bur-bidj-ee-AH-na | Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeanum | bur-bidj-ee-AH-num | Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgeanus | bur-bidj-ee-AH-nus | Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| burbidgei | bur-BIDJ-ee-eye | Named for Frederick William Burbidge, 19th century botanist, author, gardener at Kew and curator of the Trinity College garden at Dublin |
| moorcroftiana | moor-kroft-ee-AH-na | Named for William Moorcroft, 19th century British veterinarian who explored Ladakh and Tibet with the East India Company |
| penstemonoides | pen-stem-on-OY-deez | Resembles Penstemon (genus name meaning five-stamens) |
| valdezianus | val-dez-ee-AH-nus | Named for L. Möller-Valdez, sister-in-law to Heinrich Möller |
| valdeziana | val-dez-ee-AH-na | Named for L. Möller-Valdez, sister-in-law to Heinrich Möller |
| Porana | por-AH-na | Derivation is obscure |
| x viticella | vy-tee-CHELL-uh | Hybrid meaning small vine |
| visnaga | vis-NAH-ga | Toothpick; hence the common name and the variant spelling bisnaga for a barrel cactus whose spines are also used as a toothpick) |
| Elegia | el-EE-jee-a | Possibly from the Greek word meaning song of mourning or lament |
| Cliftonia | klif-TON-ee-a | Named for William Clifton, Esq. 18th century English barrister appointed as the first attorney general for the state of Georgia (U.S.) |
