| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| hallieri | hal-LEE-er-eye | In honor of German botanist Hans Hallier (1868-1932) |
| Peristylus | per-ih-STY-lus | From the Greek word peri (around) and stylos (column) |
| Gelasine | jel-as-EYE-nee | From the Greek words gelasinos (a smiling dimple) or gelasis (laughing); refers to the flowers |
| Paepalanthus | pay-puh-LAN-thus | From the Greek word paipale ( finest flour or meal) and anthos (flower) |
| Helicteres | hel-ik-TER-es | From the Greek word heliktos (twisted, spiral, rolled) or helisso (to wind or turn); referring to the twisted fruits or carpals of some of the Helicteres species |
| Datisca | duh-TIS-kuh | Possibly from the Greek word dateomai (divide among themselves, cut in two); possibly referring to the foliage of this genus |
| Monnina | mon-NEE-nuh | After Spanish patron of botany Josephus Monninus |
| Muntingia | mun-TING-ee-uh | Named after Dutch botanist Abraham Munting (1626-1683) |
| Lepidorrhachis | lep-id-or-RAK-iss | From the Greek words lepis (scale) and rhachis (axis, midrib of a leaf); inflorescences covered with brown scales |
| Nephelium | nee-FEL-ee-um | From the Greek word nephele (a cloud) |
| Dichopogon | dy-koh-POH-gon | From the Greek words dicha (in two) and pogon (a beard) alluding to the anther appendages |
| Notechidnopsis | no-tek-id-NOP-sis | From the Greek word notos (the south, back) and the genus Echidnopsis |
| Microloma | my-kro-LOH-muh | From the Greek words mikros (small) and loma (border, margin, fringe); alluding to the hairy corolla tube |
| Decarya | de-KAIR-yuh | Named after M. Raymond Decary (1890-1973), plant collector in Madagascar, who collected roughly 19,000 specimens of vascular plants, fungi and bryophytes |
| Platythyra | plat-ee-THY-ruh | From the Greek words platys (broad) and thyra (door, entrance, access) |
| Lallemantia | lal-lee-MAN-tee-uh | Named for the German botanist Julius Leopold Eduard (1803-1867) |
| Didierea | did-ee-AIR-ee-uh | For the French explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836-1921) |
| Diplocyatha | dy-plo-SY-uh-tha | From the Greek words diploos (double) and kyathos (cup, ladle); refers to the bell shaped corolla tube and the shape of the flowers |
| Massonia | mas-SOH-nee-uh | Named after the British gardener Francis Masson (1741-1805) |
| Halgania | hal-GAN-ee-uh | Named after French naval hero Emmanuel Halgan (1771-1852) |
| Gerrardanthus | jer-rar-DANTH-us | After the English botanical collector William Tyrer Gerrard, who collected in Natal and Madagascar in the 1860's |
| Neoveitchia | nee-oh-VEET-chee-uh | From the Greek word neos (new) and the generic name Veitchia |
| Olmediella | ol-mee-dee-EL-luh | Dedicated to Vincente de Olmedo |
| Labramia | la-BRAM-ee-uh | Named for Swiss botanical artist Jonas David Labram (1785-1852) |
| Drepanostachyum | drep-uh-noh-STAY-kee-um | From the Greek words drepane (sickle) and stachys (spike) |
