| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| Rafnia | RAF-nee-uh | For the 19th century Danish botanist Carl Gottlob Rafn |
| Rhamnella | ram--NEL-la | Diminutive of the genus Rhamnus (Shrub with a thorn, old name for buckthorn) |
| Tetradenia | tet-ra-DEE-nee-uh | From the Greek words tetra (four) and aden (gland) |
| Atractylodes | at-rak-ty-LOW-deez | Resembles the genus Atractylis |
| Atractylis | at-RAK-ty-lis | From the Greek atraktylis (thistle like plant used for making spindles) |
| Cladostigma | klay-doh-STIG-muh | From the Greek klados (branch, twig) and stigma (The pollen receptive area of a flower) |
| Humbertia | hum-BER-tee-uh | Named for Henri Humbert, 20th century French Professor at the University of Algiers, botanist and plant collector in Madagascar |
| Hyalocystis | hy-ah-loh-SIS-tis | From the Greek words hyalos (glass) and kystis (bladder) |
| Lysiostyles | ly-see-oh-STY-lees | From the Greek words lysis (loosening) and stylos (style) |
| Metaporana | met-uh-por-AH-na | From the Greek meta (changed, next to, between) plus the genus Porana |
| Neuropeltopsis | nur-oh-pel-TOP-sis | Resembles the genus Neuropeltis |
| Odonellia | oh-don-EL-ee-uh | For the 20th century Argentine botanist Carlos Alberto O'Donell |
| Paralepistemon | par-uh-le-pis-STEM-on | From the Greek word para (near, beside) and the genus Lepistemon |
| Poranopsis | por-ah-NOP-sis | Resembling the genus Porana |
| Tetralocularia | tet-ruh-lok-yoo-LAR-ee-uh | From the Greek word tetras (four) and the Latin word loculus (little place, compartment) |
