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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scilla violacea | Scilla violacea Hutch. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘violacea’ / ‘violaceus’ meaning ‘purple’ Edit | |||
| Peridiothelia oleae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Rotala pusilla | Rotala pusilla Tul. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pusillus = 'very small' or 'tiny' Edit | |||
| Ipomoea asarifolia | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Rhamnus | Rhamnus | Rhamnus L. | archives.nd.edu | Celtic ram, later Gk. rhamnos = tuft of branches; referring to about 150 species of shrubs and...Edit | ||
| Hypoxis kraussiana | archives.nd.edu | For Christian Ferdinand Friedrich von Krauss (1812–90), German naturalist, explorer and collector....Edit | ||||
| Ceropegia infausta | Ceropegia infausta N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Helichrysum randii | Helichrysum randii S. Moore | archives.nd.edu | Latin, from Greek helikhrusos, from helix ‘spiral’ + khrusos ‘gold’. It originally denoted a yellow...Edit | |||
| Acalypha somalium | Acalypha somalium Müll. Arg. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Gibbaria scabra | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin scabo meaning 'to scratch' meaning 'rough' Edit | ||||
| Eriocaulon maculatum | archives.nd.edu | From the Lation maculatus = 'spotted', 'stained' or 'blotched' Edit | ||||
| Eustichiaceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Euphorbia aggregata var. aggregata | archives.nd.edu | From the growth form. Plants grow in aggregations of many tufted branches crowded together in round...Edit | ||||
| Gazania ×splendens | Gazania ×splendens Hort. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Lyperia longituba | Lyperia longituba Dinter | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin longus = ‘long’; and tuba = ‘tube’ Edit |