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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Euphorbia grantii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Tritonia cooperi subsp. quadrialata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin quad = 'four' and alatus meaning ‘winged’ Edit | ||||
| Strumaria karooica | archives.nd.edu | From the Khoisan/Khoekhoe word garo /karo / !garo-b = 'desert' or 'hard'; referring to the inland...Edit | ||||
| Podocarpus meyerianus | Podocarpus meyerianus Endl. | archives.nd.edu | Likely commemorating the German botanist Ernst Heinrich Friederich Meyer (1791-1858), a professor...Edit | |||
| Distephanus divaricatus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin divaricatus = 'spreading' Edit | ||||
| Brachiaria clavipila | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Aspalathus triquetra | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘triquetra’ / ‘triquetrus’ meaning ‘triangular’ Edit | ||||
| Cotyledon canaliculata | Cotyledon canaliculata Haw. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin canaliculatus = ‘channelled’; i.e. bearing a groove or furrow-shaped Edit | |||
| Diosma odoratissima | Diosma odoratissima Montin | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin odoratus = ‘sweet-smelling / fragrant’ and -issima denoting 'very'; the flower is...Edit | |||
| Cotyledon eliseae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Willdenowia simplex | Willdenowia simplex N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin simplex = ‘simple’. In plants typically alluding to simple (non-divided) leaves. Edit | |||
| Arales | Arales | Arales | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Sphaeroma divaricatum | Sphaeroma divaricatum Kuntze | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin divaricatus = 'spreading'; referring to the sprawling habit Edit | |||
| Mesembryanthemum pageanum | Mesembryanthemum pageanum L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Named after Mary Page (1867 - 1925), a botanical artist of the Bolus Herbarium at the University of...Edit | |||
| Protea crinita | Protea crinita Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |