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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| Sphalmanthus macrosiphon | Sphalmanthus macrosiphon (L. Bolus) L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Coelidium flavum | Coelidium flavum Granby | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin flavus = 'yellow' or 'golden' Edit | |||
| Launaea resedifolia subsp. resedifolia | Launaea resedifolia (L.) Kuntze subsp. resedifolia | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Brunia microcephala | Brunia microcephala E. Mey. ex Sond. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek mikra = 'small' and kephalos = 'head'; i.e. having a small head of flowers Edit | |||
| Peucedanum triternatum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Tribulus zeyheri subsp. zeyheri | archives.nd.edu | Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One...Edit |
Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858. |
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| Rubia fruticosa subsp. melanocarpa | Rubia fruticosa subsp. melanocarpa (Bornm.) Bramwell | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘fruticosa’ / ‘fruticosus’ meaning ‘bushy’ Edit | |||
| Wahlenbergia lobelioides var. gussonei | Wahlenbergia lobelioides var. gussonei Webb & Berthel. | archives.nd.edu | Named in honour of Georg (Goran) Wahlenberg (1780 – 1851), a Swedish botanist, successor to Carl...Edit |
Named in honour of Swedish botanist ... |
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| Glycine gampsonychia | Glycine gampsonychia (E. Mey.) Walp. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Erica palliiflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pallium = 'cloak' and flora = 'flower'; referring to the way the sepals enclose the...Edit | ||||
| Serruria callosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘callosa’ / ‘callosus’ meaning ‘calloused’ Edit | ||||
| Salicornia amplexicaulis | Salicornia amplexicaulis Vahl | archives.nd.edu | From the latin amplexus = 'clasping' or 'surround' and caulos = 'stem'; a thin stem Edit | |||
| Aloe subattenuata | Aloe subattenuata Salm-Dyck | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ornithogalum rigidifolium | Ornithogalum rigidifolium (Baker) J.C. Manning & Goldblatt | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rigida / rigidus meaning ‘rigid’ and -folius 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Tridentea parvipuncta subsp. truncata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin truncata = 'squarely cut-off' Edit |