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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Membracidae | Membracidae | Membracidae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Eriobotrya japonica | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin for 'of Japan' Edit | ||||
| Indicatoridae | Indicatoridae | Indicatoridae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Afrocrania | Afrocrania | Afrocrania Hincks, 1949 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Geranium quercifolium | Geranium quercifolium L. f. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Scabiosa transvaalensis | archives.nd.edu | From the former Transvaal Province of South Africa; now Gauteng Province. Trans meaning 'across',...Edit | ||||
| Thesium xerophyticum | Thesium xerophyticum A. W. Hill | archives.nd.edu | Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad...Edit | |||
| Pelargonium tabulare | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Cyperus submaculatus | Cyperus submaculatus T. Koyama | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Polystachya cultriformis var. africana | Polystachya cultriformis var. africana Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin āfricāna = 'African', the origin of the organism Edit | |||
| Pearsonia sessilifolia subsp. swaziensis | Pearsonia sessilifolia subsp. swaziensis (Bolus) Polhill | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Hermannia suavis | Hermannia suavis C.Presl | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘suave’ = ‘pleasantly’ Edit | |||
| Sphaeranthus madagascariensis | Sphaeranthus madagascariensis Robyns | archives.nd.edu | From Madagascar Edit | |||
| Gorteria warmbadica | Gorteria warmbadica Stangb. & Anderb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Babiana grandiflora | archives.nd.edu | From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers. Edit |