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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rauvolfia obliquinervis | Rauvolfia obliquinervis Stapf | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin obliquus meaning ‘slanting sideways’ and nervis = 'nerve / vein' Edit | |||
| Athroisma | Athroisma | Athroisma DC. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Lithops helmutii | archives.nd.edu | Named after Helmut Ernst Meyer (1908–1995), a student of Herre's who also collected many plants in...Edit | ||||
| Cyperus javanicus | Cyperus javanicus Houtt. | archives.nd.edu | Referring to its occurrence on, and initial collection from, the island of Java, with the Latin...Edit | |||
| Scleria vanderystii | Scleria vanderystii De Wild. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Rendlia obtusifolia | Rendlia obtusifolia Chiov. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt' and folia = 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Nicolsonia barbata var. dimorpha | Nicolsonia barbata var. dimorpha (Welw. ex Baker) Schindl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek words di meaning 'two' and morphē meaning 'form' or 'shape.' Edit | |||
| Schoenoplectiella erecta subsp. erecta | Schoenoplectiella erecta (Poir.) Lye subsp. erecta | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin erectus = 'upright' Edit | |||
| Gethyllis polyanthera | Gethyllis polyanthera Sol. ex Britten | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Faroa buchananii | Faroa buchananii Baker | archives.nd.edu | After John Buchanan (1819-1898), botanist with the Geological Survey in New Zealand. Edit | |||
| Oxylaena acicularis | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin acicula = a 'needle' Edit | ||||
| Grammatotheca bergiana var. pedunculata | Grammatotheca bergiana var. pedunculata E. Wimm. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pedunculatus = 'peduncle', a flower stem/stalk Edit | |||
| Hydrocotyle pallida | Hydrocotyle pallida DC. | archives.nd.edu | pallida=pale Edit | |||
| Maireana | Maireana | Maireana Moq. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Leonotis glabrata | Leonotis glabrata (Vahl) J.C. Manning & Goldblatt | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs Edit |