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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crassula loganiana | Crassula loganiana Compton | archives.nd.edu | Likely named after the previous 'Laird' of Matjiesfontein, James Douglas Logan who founded The Lord...Edit | |||
| Piaranthus punctatus var. framesii | Piaranthus punctatus var. framesii (Pillans) Bruyns | archives.nd.edu | refers to Mr P. Ross Frames Edit | |||
| Phyllanthus fraternus | Phyllanthus fraternus G.L. Webster | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘fraternus’ / ‘fraternus’ meaning ‘brotherly’ Edit | |||
| Dicranella | Dicranella | Dicranella (Müll.Hal.) Schimp. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Proboscidea fragrans | Proboscidea fragrans (Lindl.) Decne. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’ Edit | |||
| Kalanchoe rotundifolia var. guillauminii | Kalanchoe rotundifolia var. guillauminii Raym.-Hamet | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Nivenia fruticosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’ Edit | ||||
| Black-throated Wattle-eye | Platysteira peltata | Platysteira peltata | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Fleurya caffra | Fleurya caffra Chew | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit | |||
| Oscularia alba | archives.nd.edu | From Latin albus meaning 'white' Edit | ||||
| Becium grandiflorum obovatum | Becium grandiflorum obovatum | Becium grandiflorum (Lam.) Pic.Serm. var. obovatum (E.Mey. ex Benth.) Sebald | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ob- = 'in opposite' and ovatus = ‘egg-shaped’; i.e. the narrow side is on the side...Edit | ||
| Crotalaria rogersii | archives.nd.edu | Named after Rev. William Moyle Rogers (1835-1920), clergyman and specialist on Rubus. He was...Edit | ||||
| Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. vitifolia | Trochomeria macrocarpa subsp. vitifolia (Hook. f.) R. Fern. & A. Fern. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Tanquana archeri | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Aspalathus lactea subsp. lactea | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin lactea = 'milky' Edit |