What is "empodium"

n. (context zoology English) A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera.

Empodium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypoxidaceae, first described in 1866. It grows from a small corm which produces lance-shaped or pleated and sometimes hairy, star-shaped flowers and leaves with long in Autumn season. The genus is native to winter-rainfall areas in South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho, and Namibia.

1. Empodium elongatum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - Lesotho, Swaziland, Lesotho
2. Empodium flexile (Nel) M.F.Thomps. ex Snijman - Cape Province
3. Empodium gloriosum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - Cape Province
4. Empodium monophyllum (Nel) B.L.Burtt - KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland
5. Empodium namaquensis (Baker) M.F.Thomps. - Cape Province
6. Empodium plicatum (Thunb.) Garside - Cape Province
7. Empodium veratrifolium (Willd.) M.F.Thomps. - Cape Province