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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aristea pauciflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin paucus = "few" and florus = "flower". This plant has few flowers. Edit | ||||
| Didymodoxa capensis var. integrifolia | Didymodoxa capensis var. integrifolia (Wedd.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin integri = 'entire' and folius = 'leaves'. i.e. The plant having entire leaves,...Edit | |||
| Seriphium corymbiferum | Seriphium corymbiferum L. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Trichocyclus schenckii | Trichocyclus schenckii (Schinz) Dinter & Schwantes ex Range | archives.nd.edu | Named after Adolf Schenck (1857-1936). a German geographer, geologist and amateur botanist Edit | |||
| Peucedanum platycarpum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Cotula melaleuca | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Selago coccinea | Selago coccinea L. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin coccineus = ‘scarlet’ Edit | |||
| Haworthia monticola | Haworthia monticola Fourc. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin mons = 'mountain' and cola = 'dweller'; ‘a mountain-dweller’ Edit | |||
| Erica calycina var. longibracteata | archives.nd.edu | meaing the flower is subtended by a long bract Edit | ||||
| Bulbine ciliata | Bulbine ciliata (L. f.) Link | archives.nd.edu | From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes. Edit | |||
| Aloe labiaflava | Aloe labiaflava Groenew. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin flava / flavus meaning "yellow" Edit | |||
| Danthonia crispa | Danthonia crispa Nees | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘crispa’ / ‘crispus’ meaning ‘curled’ or 'finely wavy' Edit | |||
| Setaria sphacelata subsp. pyropea | Setaria sphacelata subsp. pyropea de Wit | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Nycteranthus blandus | Nycteranthus blandus (L. Bolus) Schwantes | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Indigofera rostrata subsp. rostrata | Indigofera rostrata Bolus subsp. rostrata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rostratus = 'beaked' Edit |