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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| Restio sieberi var. schoenoides | Restio sieberi var. schoenoides (Kunth) Pillans | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cleome hildebrandtii | Cleome hildebrandtii Gilg & Gilg-Ben. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Helichrysum pallidum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin word pallidus meaning 'pale' or 'pale yellow'. Edit | ||||
| Scirpus costatus | Scirpus costatus (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Boeckeler | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin costatum = 'ribbed' Edit | |||
| Lysimachia volkensii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Acridocarpus | Acridocarpus | Acridocarpus Guill. & Perr. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. akris = a locust; karpon = a fruit; alluding to the winged fruit. (Note: The Greek word akris...Edit | alluding to the winged fruit. (Note: The Greek word akris for locust has many connotations not explained here.) | |
| Pertusaria dealbata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin alba = 'white', dealbatus = 'whitewashed' Edit | ||||
| Euryops ericifolius | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Indigofera rhodantha | Indigofera rhodantha Fourc. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cliffortia strigosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘strigosa’ / ‘strigosus’ meaning 'lean' or lank’, cognate with the English 'streak...Edit | ||||
| Asclepias navicularis var. compressidens | Asclepias navicularis var. compressidens N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Antrophyum | Antrophyum | Antrophyum | archives.nd.edu | Gk. antron = cave, cavern, hole; phyo = to grow; referring to places for this fern to vegetate. Edit | ||
| Cyanella krauseana | Cyanella krauseana Dinter & G. M. Schulze | archives.nd.edu | For Ernst Hans Ludwig Krause (1859–1942), German botanist, medical doctor, cryptogamist, prolific...Edit |
He was a professor of botany at Strasbourg (1904–1914) and Rostock (1919–1933), served in the... |
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| Trachyandra | Trachyandra | Trachyandra Kunth | archives.nd.edu | Gk. trachys = rough; andros = male. The thick filaments are usually hairy. Edit | ||
| Stultitia | Stultitia | Stultitia E. Phillips | archives.nd.edu | La. stulti- = stupid, folly, adopted. The reason for this name was not given. Edit |