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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloe prolifera | Aloe prolifera Haw. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin prōlēs (“offspring”) + ferō (“I bear”), i.e. producing many buds or offshoots from ...Edit | |||
| Muraltia rara | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Eriospermum lanceifolium var. brevipedicellatum | Eriospermum lanceifolium var. brevipedicellatum Kuntze | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin brevis = "short" and pedicel = 'flower stalk' Edit | |||
| Mesosetum gibbosum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin gibbosus = ‘humped / pouched / tuberculed' Edit | ||||
| Litsea glutinosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glutinosus meaning ‘sticky’; referring to the glue-like nature of the plant Edit | ||||
| Bombax kimuenzae | Bombax kimuenzae De Wild. & T. Durand | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Helichrysum nudifolium var. oxyphyllum | Helichrysum nudifolium var. oxyphyllum (DC.) Beentje | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek oxy = 'sharp' (or less frequently 'acid') and phyllum = 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Afrohybanthus | Afrohybanthus | Afrohybanthus Flicker | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Selago quadrangularis | Selago quadrangularis auct. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin quad = 'four' and angularis = ‘angular’; i.e. four-angled Edit | |||
| Lepidagathis scabra | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough' Edit | ||||
| Plecostachys polifolia | archives.nd.edu | Bearing leaves like Teucrium polium, Lamiaceae Edit | ||||
| Lachenalia elegans var. elegans | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin elegans = 'elegant' or 'neat' Edit | ||||
| Geranium speciosum | Geranium speciosum (L. f.) Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Panicum aegyptiacum | Panicum aegyptiacum Retz. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Excoecaria caffra | Excoecaria caffra Sim | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit | The location from which the organism was first found |