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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| Cienkowskiella | Cienkowskiella | Cienkowskiella Y.K. Kam | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Hugonia arborescens | Hugonia arborescens Mildbr. | archives.nd.edu | from the Latin arborēscō (“become a tree”). Edit | |||
| Oxalis eckloniana var. sonderi | archives.nd.edu | For Otto Wilhelm Sonder (1812–1881), German botanist and pharmacist, practising in Hamburg. He...Edit |
He had a special interest in algae, and wrote an algal supplement to Mueller’s Fragmenta... |
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| Pentzia | Pentzia | Pentzia Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | For Carolus Johannes Pentz, 18th-century Swedish botanist, author of De Diosma (Dissertatio...Edit | ||
| Scorzonera calcitrapifolia var. decumbens | Scorzonera calcitrapifolia var. decumbens Guss. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin word decumbens meaning 'lying down' or 'prostrate'; Edit | |||
| Aneilema rivulare | Aneilema rivulare A. Rich. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rivularis = 'along streams'; referring to the habitat Edit | |||
| Celosia argenteiformis | Celosia argenteiformis (Schinz) Schinz | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin argenteus = ‘silver’ and formis = 'form' Edit | |||
| Zehneria cordifolia | Zehneria cordifolia Schweinf. ex Broun & Massey | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘cordi’ / ‘cor’ meaning ‘heart’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Helichrysum patulum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin patulus = 'to stand open' Edit | ||||
| Peperomia ulugurensis var. diversifolia | Peperomia ulugurensis var. diversifolia Balle | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin diversus = 'separate' or 'opposite' and folius = 'leaves'; the leaves are typically...Edit | |||
| Pentzia albida | Pentzia albida (DC.) Hutch. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Duvalia caespitosa subsp. pubescens | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pubescens meaning ‘downy’ with short soft hairs Edit | ||||
| Torilis arvensis subsp. recta | Torilis arvensis subsp. recta Jury | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rectus = 'right / proper / straight' Edit | |||
| Eulophia dilecta | Eulophia dilecta (Rchb. f.) Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Mesembryanthemum cleistum | Mesembryanthemum cleistum (L. Bolus) N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |