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 |
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| Wahlenbergia pauciflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin paucus = "few" and florus = "flower". This plant has few flowers. Edit | ||||
| Lampranthus leipoldtii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Altingiaceae | Altingiaceae | Altingiaceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Eugenia capensis subsp. capensis | Eugenia capensis (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Harv. subsp. capensis | archives.nd.edu | From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin...Edit | |||
| Chlorocyperus salaamensis | Chlorocyperus salaamensis Palla | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Hebenstretia robusta var. glabrata | Hebenstretia robusta var. glabrata E. Mey. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs Edit | |||
| Myxopappus | Myxopappus | Myxopappus Källersjö | archives.nd.edu | Gk. myxa = mucus, slime; pappus = fluff, pappus. An ancient name given by Pliny for a kind of plum...Edit | ||
| Stipagrostis proxima | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Strigula maculata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin maculatus = 'spotted', 'stained' or 'blotched' Edit | ||||
| Astridia alba | archives.nd.edu | From Latin albus meaning 'white' Edit | ||||
| Pentaschistis calcicola var. calcicola | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Dinteracanthus velutinus | Dinteracanthus velutinus C.B. Clarke | archives.nd.edu | From Latin velutinus = "velvety", referring to the leaf texture. Edit | |||
| Bauhinia pechuelii | Bauhinia pechuelii Kuntze | archives.nd.edu | For Moritz Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840–1913), German naturalist, geographer and traveller. He...Edit |
After finishing school, he joined the merchant navy and travelled extensively for many years in... |
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| Ipomoea rubens | Ipomoea rubens Choisy | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Prismatocarpus lycopodioides | Prismatocarpus lycopodioides A. DC. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek ‘lyco’ / ‘lykos’ meaning ‘wolf’; and the Greek ‘podi’ / ‘pous’ meaning ‘foot’. Edit |