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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| Lepidobotryaceae | Lepidobotryaceae | Lepidobotryaceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Heliophila remotiflora | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Sebaea sedoides var. confertiflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin con / cum = ‘together’; and fertus = ‘brought’; and flora = 'flowers': meaning...Edit | ||||
| Othonna surculosa | Othonna surculosa Muschl. ex Dinter | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Osteospermum lavandulaceum | Osteospermum lavandulaceum DC. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Centella montana | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’ Edit |
Named in honour of Swedish botanist ... |
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| Blaeria oppositifolia | Blaeria oppositifolia L. Guthrie | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin oppositus = 'opposite' and folius = 'leaf'; the leaves are opposite Edit | |||
| Hypoxis arnottii | Hypoxis arnottii Baker | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Disperis purpurata subsp. pallescens | Disperis purpurata subsp. pallescens Bruyns | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Agave pacifica | Agave pacifica Trel. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pimenta racemosa | Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘racemosa’ / ‘racemosus’ meaning ‘clustered’ Edit | |||
| Bidens hildebrandtii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. australis | Tragopogon porrifolius subsp. australis (Jord.) Nyman | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to...Edit | |||
| Wooleya farinosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin farinosus meaning 'mealy or powdery' Edit | ||||
| Asparagus rubicundus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rubicundus = ‘suffused with red’ Edit |