| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| breviligulata | brev-ee-lig-yoo-LAY-ta | With short ligules |
| breviligulatum | brev-ee-lig-yoo-LAY-tum | With short ligules |
| breviligulatus | brev-ee-lig-yoo-LAY-tus | With short ligules |
| alacranensis | a-la-kran-EN-sis | Of or from the Arrecife Alacran, a reef along the outer shelf of the Campeche Bank in the Gulf of Mexico |
| Orthocarpus | or-tho-KAR-pus | From the Latin ortho (straight) and karpos (fruit) |
| orthocarpum | or-tho-KAR-pum | From the Latin ortho (straight) and karpos (fruit) |
| orthocarpa | or-tho-KAR-pa | From the Latin ortho (straight) and karpos (fruit) |
| Millingtonia | mil-ling-TOH-nee-a | Named for Thomas Millington, 18th century English botanist |
| Yeatesia | YATES-ee-a | Named for William Smith Yeates, early 20th century State Geologist of Georgia |
| Restrepia | re-STREP-ee-a | Named for Don Jose Manuel Restrepo, 19th century investigator of Colombian flora |
| Tidestromia | tide-STROM-ee-a | Named for Ivar T. Tidestrom, 20th century Swedish-born botanist of the southwestern U.S. |
| Sarcocephalus | sar-ko-SEF-a-lus | From the Greek sarkos (flesh) and kephale (head), referring to the fleshy seed and fruit heads |
| mandchuricum | man-SHUE-ree-kum | Of or from Manchuria, a region on the borders of Russia and Northern China; also spelled mandshuricum |
| formanii | for-MAN-ee-eye | Possibly named for Don B. Forman, botanist with the National Herbarium of Victoria |
| Mayodendron | may-oh-DEN-dron | Mayo's tree, named for Lord Mayo, 19th century Irish-born Viceroy and Governor General of India until his assassination |
| iridifolia | ir-id-ih-FOH-lee-a | Having foliage like Iris |
| iridifolius | ir-id-ih-FOH-lee-us | Having foliage like Iris |
| iridifolium | ir-id-ih-FOH-lee-um | Having foliage like Iris |
| X Gasteraloe | gas-ter-AL-oh | Intergeneraic hybrid of the Gasteria (gaster means belly, stomach) and Aloe |
| Jaborosa | jab-o-RO-sa | Latinized from the Arabic word Jaborose, the name for Mandragora (mandrake) |
| Racosperma | ra-ko-SPERM-a | From the Greek rhakos (rough, ragged) and sperma (seed) |
