| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Platycrater | plat-ee-KRAY-ter | From the Greek words platys (broad) and krater (bowl, crater); refers to the saucer like calyces of the sterile flowers |
| Nyctaginia | nyk-ta-JEE-nee-uh | From the Greek words nyktos (night) and anthos (flower); night blooming |
| Geoffroea | jee-of-FRO-ee-uh | Named for the 18th century French physician Etienee Francois Geoffroy |
| Mackinlaya | mak-kin-LAY-uh | Named after 19th century South Australian explorer John McKinlay |
| Digomphia | dij-ohm-FEE-uh | From the Greek words dis (twice) and gomphos (nail, bolt, peg) |
| Ekmanianthe | ek-man-ee-AN-thee | Named for the 20th century Swedish botanist Erik Leonard Ekman |
| Prionotes | pry-oh-NOH-tees | From the Greek prionotos (jagged, toothed) |
| Didelta | dy-DEL-tuh | From the Greek dis (twice, double) and delta (triangular) |
| Grielum | GREE-lum | Origin unknown, but possibly referring to the sun requirement |
| Lasia | LAY-zee-uh | From the Greek word lasios (shaggy, hairy); in refernce to the leaf stalk |
| Manulea | man-YOO-lee-uh | From the Latin word manus (hand); refers to the corolla's finger like divisions |
| Mondia | MON-dee-uh | From uMondi, the Zulu name for the plant |
| Gymnoschoenus | jim-no-SKEE-nus | From the Greek words gymnos (naked) and schoinos (rush, seed, cord); refers to the long, naked stems |
| Mundulea | mun-DEW-lee-uh | Meaning and origin unsure, but possibly from the Latin mundulus (neat, trim) |
| Otholobium | oh-tho-LOH-bee-um | From the Greek words otheo (to burst forth) and lobion (small pod) |
| Pullea | pul-LEE-uh | For 20th century Netherlands botanist August Adriaan Pulle; plant taxonomist, botanical explorer and plant collector |
| loxophleba | loks-oh-FLEE-buh | Having skewed veins |
| moggii | MOG-ee-eye | After 20th century South African botanist Albert Oliver Dean Mogg |
| Paracaryum | par-uh-KAR-ee-um | From the Greek words para (beside, near) and karyon (nut) |
| Pseudarthria | sood-ARTH-ree-uh | From the Greek words pseudes (false) and anthron (joint); referring to the pods |
| Millotia | mil-LOT-ee-uh | Named after the 18th century French historian and scientist Claude Francois Xavier Millot |
| Hypolaena | hy-poh-LAY-nuh | From the Greek words hypo (beneath, under) and chlaena (cloak) |
| Krascheninnikovia | krash-en-in-nee-KOV-ee-uh | For the 18th century Russian botanist Stephan Petrovich Krascheninnikov |
| Parochetus | par-oh-SHAY-tus | From the Greek words para (near) and ochetos (streams, channel); refers to the habitat along streams |
| Heteropterys | het-er-OP-ter-iss | From the Greek words heteros (different, variable) and pteron (wing); refers to the winged samara |
| Harperocallis | har-per-oh-KAL-is | Named for the 20th century American botanist Roland McMillan Harper |
| Lepistemon | le-pis-STEM-on | From the Greek words lepis (scale) and stemon (stamen); in reference to the scale at the base of each stamen |
| Phinaea | fin-AY-uh | An anagram of the generic name Niphaea |
| Dipteropeltis | dip-ter-oh-PEL-tis | From the Greek words dipteros (two winged) and pelte (shield) |
| Erycibe | er-ee-KY-bee | From the Greek words eryo (drag) and kybe (head) |
