| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| friderici-guilielmi | frid-er-EE-see gil-ee-EL-mee | Named in 1834 by Professor Johann Georg Christian Lehmann of Hamburg in honor of Friedrich Wilhelm, King of Prussia , who was a patron of botany |
| Voanioala | voh-ah-NEE-oh-luh | From the Malagasy local name for the palm, which translates into "The Forest Coconut" |
| Gnephosis | nee-FOH-sis | Origin uncertain, but possibly from the Greek gnophos (darkness, whirlwind) |
| Dioclea | dy-oh-KLEE-uh | For 4th century B.C. philosopher, pioneer in medicine and a resident of Athens, Diocles, who is believed to have been a contemporary of Aristotle. |
| Didiplis | dy-DEE-plis | Origin uncertain, but possibly from the Greek dis (twice, double) and diploos (twofold) or in reference to the genus Peplis |
| Allolepis | al-low-LEP-is | From the Greek allos (different) and lepis (scale) |
| Helminthotheca | hel-minth-oh-THEE-kuh | From the Greek helminthos (worm) and theke (case, ovary, sheath) |
| Dicranocarpus | dy-kray-noh-KAR-pus | From the Greek dikranos (two branched) and karpos (fruit) |
| Ixodia | iks-OH-dee-uh | From the Greek ixia (sticky); refers to the secretion of the plant |
| Odixia | oh-DIKS-ee-uh | An anagram of the genus Ixodia |
| Ourisia | oo-RIS-ee-uh | For former Governor Ouris of the Falkland Islands |
| Odontites | oh-don-TY-tees | From the Greek odous (tooth) or the Latin odontitis (used by Plinius for a plant good for toothache) |
| Parentucellia | pah-ren-too-SEL-lee-uh | Named for 15th century Renaissance Pope Nicholas V. Pontifex Maximus (formerly Tomaso Parentucelli) |
| Leptorhynchos | lep-toh-RIN-kos | From the Greek leptos (delicate, thin, small) and rhynchos (horn, beak, snout) |
| Dorema | doh-REE-muh | From the Greek dorema (gift); refers to the gum-like substance produced by the plant |
