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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asplenium sandersonii var. sandersonii | Asplenium sandersonii Hook. var. sandersonii | archives.nd.edu | Named after John Sanderson (1820-1881), journalist, trader and draughtsman. He was editor of the...Edit | |||
| Pilocarpaceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Asparagus burkei | Asparagus burkei Baker | archives.nd.edu | Named in after Joseph Burke (1812-1873) who travelled to the Transvaal with Zeyher in 1840. Edit | |||
| Dewinteria | Dewinteria Van Jaarsv. & A. E. van Wyk | archives.nd.edu | For Dr Bernard de Winter (1924–?), South African botanist and plant collector. He obtained a DSc at...Edit | |||
| Sulipa | Sulipa | Sulipa Blanco | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Aspidonepsis diploglossa | Aspidonepsis diploglossa | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Gymnema alterniflorum | Gymnema alterniflorum (Lour.) Merr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Utricularia scandens subsp. schweinfurthii | Utricularia scandens subsp. schweinfurthii (Baker ex Stapf) P. Taylor | archives.nd.edu | Named after Dr. Georg August Schweinfurth, 20th century German botanist and taxonamist Edit | |||
| Polygala senensis var. senensis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Kyphocarpa quadrangula | Kyphocarpa quadrangula (Engl.) C.B. Clarke | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin quad = 'four' and angularis = ‘angular’; i.e. four-angled Edit | |||
| Epidorkis erythropollinia | Epidorkis erythropollinia (Rchb. f.) Kuntze | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Diospyros ramulosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ramulosus = 'with many branching veins' Edit | ||||
| Aspalathus shawii subsp. longispica | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Crassula heterotricha | Crassula heterotricha Schinz | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Dicranella | Dicranella | Dicranella (Müll.Hal.) Schimp. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |