Taxa Field Guide
K
Plantae
(Plants)NE
20
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Short etymology:
P
Tracheophyta
(Vascular plants)NE
1
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Short etymology:
F
POTAMOGETONACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Potamogeton, the pondweeds.
G
Althenia
NE
3
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Short etymology:
For Jean Althen (Hovhannes Althounian) (1709–1774), author of Mémoire sur la Culture de la Garance, an Armenian/Persian agronomist who developed the cultivation of madder in France. Although the plant had been present in the region before his arrival, it was Althen who developed its cultivation, turning it into an industry. In 1754 he arrived in Avignon where he started experimenting with the cultivation of madder. After some early teething problems cultivation started in St Chamond, then continued around Avignon in 1763. By 1772 they produced enough madder to supply factories in India. He died in poverty in 1774 as a result of poor business decisions. The industry he founded reached its climax in the 1860s with over 50 mills (CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names).
G
Potamogeton
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. potomos = river; geiton= neighbour; referring to the habitat in which these plants occur.
G
Pseudalthenia
NE
1
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Short etymology:
(Potamogetonaceae) Nakai Gk. pseudo = false; Althenia (q.v.).
F
ACANTHACEAE
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Acanthus (Bear's breeches) of which Acanthus mollis is the best known and has been used as the aesthetic basis for capitals in the Corinthian order of architecture. Acanthus was the greek term for Acanthus mollis.
G
Acanthopsis
NE
18
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Short etymology:
Gk. -opsis = resembling. Acanthosicyos (Cucurbitaceae) Welw. Ex Hook.f. Gk. akanthos = thorn; sikyos or sykios = wild cucumber; referring to the thorny cucumber or gourd such as the !Nara and the Gemsbok cucumber.
S
Acanthopsis horrida
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Short etymology:
From the Latin horrid' meaning bristling or stout-spined.