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Etymologies can be looked-up on Dave's Garden, DoBE and LLD

Name Canonical name Scientific name Lookups Short etymology Long etymology Etymology applies to
Agathosma gibbosa Agathosma gibbosa Dummer archives.nd.edu From the Latin gibbosus = ‘humped / pouched / tuberculed'   Edit
Oplismenus anomalus Oplismenus anomalus Mez ex Peter archives.nd.edu From the Latin anomalus = ‘abnormal’ Edit
Rhynchospora Rhynchospora Rhynchospora Vahl archives.nd.edu Gk. rhynchos = a beak; spora = seed; alluding to the beaked achenes. Edit
Cephalophyllum densum Cephalophyllum densum N.E. Br. archives.nd.edu Edit
Cephalaria galpiniana subsp. galpiniana Cephalaria galpiniana Szabó subsp. galpiniana archives.nd.edu Named after Ernest Edward Galpin (1858-1941), a South African botanist and banker. He left some 16,...Edit
Eriospermum villosum archives.nd.edu From the Latin villus 'hair' + -ōsus 'full of', or villosus = 'shaggy'. Typically referring to a...Edit
Dolichos axillaris Dolichos axillaris E. Mey. archives.nd.edu Edit
Cercotrichas paena archives.nd.edu Edit
Syncolostemon teucriifolius archives.nd.edu Edit
Crassula corallina subsp. corallina Crassula corallina Thunb. subsp. corallina archives.nd.edu Edit
Dipcadi stenophyllum Dipcadi stenophyllum Dinter archives.nd.edu From the Latin steno = 'narrow' and phylla  = 'leaf' Edit
Cryptolepis elliotii Cryptolepis elliotii Schltr. archives.nd.edu Edit
Begonia rudatisii Begonia rudatisii Irmsch. archives.nd.edu Edit
Fissidens hoeegii archives.nd.edu Edit
Ficus plateiocarpa Ficus plateiocarpa Warb. archives.nd.edu Edit

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