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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipomoea cordofana | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Nicipe filifolia | Nicipe filifolia (Thunb.) Mart.-Azorín, M.B. Crespo & Juan | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow Edit | |||
| Plumbago | Plumbago | Plumbago L. | archives.nd.edu | La. plumbum = lead; -ago = resemblance or connection. The roots contain a fatty, leadcoloured...Edit | ||
| Stapelia concolor | Stapelia concolor Salm-Dyck | archives.nd.edu | From Latin meaning of the same colour; typically referring to the upper and lower leaf surface...Edit | |||
| Lobelia thermalis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Tricholaena rosea var. ruderalis | Tricholaena rosea var. ruderalis Vanderyst | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rudus = 'rubble'; any plant growing in poor or disturbed ground i.e. a 'weed' or '...Edit | |||
| Gymnothrix riparioides | Gymnothrix riparioides (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Walp. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Haemanthus splendens | Haemanthus splendens Dinter | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin splendere = ‘splendid’, 'gleaming', 'shiny', 'gleaming', glittering', 'radiant' or '...Edit | |||
| Trisetum longifolium | Trisetum longifolium Nees | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and folius = ‘leaf’ Edit | |||
| Juncus cymosus | Juncus cymosus Lam. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin cymosus = 'cymose' - an arrangement of flowers in a cyme which is an inflorescence...Edit | |||
| Acrolophia capensis | archives.nd.edu | From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin...Edit | ||||
| Eragrostis lehmanniana var. chaunantha | Eragrostis lehmanniana var. chaunantha (Pilg.) De Winter | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Moraea villosa | Moraea villosa (Ker Gawl.) Ker Gawl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin villus = 'hair' + -ōsus = 'full of', or villosus = 'shaggy'. Typically referring to...Edit | |||
| Ipomoea asarifolia | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Noltea africana | archives.nd.edu | From Latin āfricāna = 'African', the origin of the organism Edit |