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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| Juncus suboxycarpus | Juncus suboxycarpus Adamson | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Oxalis pulchella var. glauca | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glaucus = 'blue-grey'. Typically referring to the leaf colour Edit | ||||
| Cleome montana | Cleome montana A. Chev. ex Keay | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’ Edit |
Named in honour of Swedish botanist ... |
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| Drosanthemum nordenstamii | Drosanthemum nordenstamii L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Stapelia dinteri var. pseudocapensis | Stapelia dinteri var. pseudocapensis C. A. Lückh. | archives.nd.edu | Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). ...Edit |
Dinter's biography can be seen at... |
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| Arum abyssinicum | Arum abyssinicum A. Rich. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin abyssinicus = ‘relating to Abyssinia’ Edit | |||
| Eragrostis olivacea | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Arctotis glabrata | Arctotis glabrata Jacq. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs Edit | |||
| Krebsia corniculata | Krebsia corniculata (E. Mey.) Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Eleusine pectinata | Eleusine pectinata Moench | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pectinata meaning ‘comb-like’ Edit | |||
| Anderbergia | Anderbergia | Anderbergia B. Nord. | archives.nd.edu | For Arne Alfred Anderberg (1954– ), Swedish botanist and taxonomist, and professor of botany at the...Edit | ||
| Lantana trifolia f. oppositifolia | Lantana trifolia f. oppositifolia Moldenke | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin oppositus = 'opposite' and folius = 'leaf'; the leaves are opposite Edit | |||
| Tittmannia laxa var. laxa | Tittmannia laxa (Thunb.) C. Presl var. laxa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin laxus = ‘loose’ Edit | |||
| Anthericum muricatum | Anthericum muricatum L. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin muricata = 'spiny' (like the purple fish, a murex), in reference to its elongate...Edit | |||
| Circaetus | Circaetus | Circaetus Vieillot, 1816 | archives.nd.edu | Edit |