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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| Borbonia lanceolata var. angustifolia | Borbonia lanceolata var. angustifolia (Lam.) Walp. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’; and folius = ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Kaulfussia ciliata | Kaulfussia ciliata Spreng. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes. Edit | |||
| Mercurialis procumbens | Mercurialis procumbens L. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin procumbens meaning ‘lying down’ Edit | |||
| Conchium drupaceum | Conchium drupaceum C. F. Gaertn. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Corymbis leptantha | Corymbis leptantha Kraenzl. ex Engl. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pterodroma | Pterodroma | Pterodroma Bonaparte, 1856 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Cyperus solidifolius | Cyperus solidifolius Boeckeler | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Brachiaria brizantha | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Vachellia montana | Vachellia montana (P.P. Sw.) Kyal. & Boatwr. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’ Edit |
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| Barleria sacani | Barleria sacani Klotzsch ex Lindau | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Oligomeris dipetala var. capensis | Oligomeris dipetala var. capensis (Thunb.) Müll. Arg. | archives.nd.edu | From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin...Edit | |||
| Slaty Egret | Egretta vinaceigula | Egretta vinaceigula | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Asparagus asiaticus var. amharicus | Asparagus asiaticus var. amharicus Pic. Serm. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Aspalathus mucronata | Aspalathus mucronata L. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’. Edit | |||
| Blechnum attenuatum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin attenuatus = to 'lessen', 'shrink' or 'diminish in size'; generally referring to a...Edit |