Contribute Taxa Etymologies
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 |