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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharnaceum verrucosum | Pharnaceum verrucosum Eckl. & Zeyh. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Apocynum triflorum | Apocynum triflorum L. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin triflorus = ‘three-flowered’ Edit | |||
| Eragrostis multiflora | Eragrostis multiflora (Forssk.) Asch. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin multi meaning ‘many’; and the Latin flora meaning ‘flower’. i.e. it has abundant...Edit | |||
| Jussiaea seminuda | Jussiaea seminuda H. Perrier | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Abrus pulchellus var. latifoliolatus | Abrus pulchellus var. latifoliolatus (De Wild.) De Wild. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Faucaria felina | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Argyrolobium marginatum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Cymbidium | Cymbidium Sw. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. cymbidium = boat-like; referring to the hollow (boat-shaped) recess in the lip. Edit | |||
| Marsilea trichopoda | Marsilea trichopoda Lepr. | archives.nd.edu | Meaning with hairy feet Edit | |||
| Buphagus | Buphagus | Buphagus Brisson, 1760 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Bromus adoensis | Bromus adoensis Hochst. ex Steud. | archives.nd.edu | Possibly from the Dollo Ado region of Ethiopia Edit | |||
| Paronychia chlorothyrsa | Paronychia chlorothyrsa Murb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Crassula inandensis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Crossandra | Crossandra | Crossandra Salisb. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. krossos = fringe; aner = a man. The stamens are fringed. Edit | ||
| Sopubia dregeana | Sopubia dregeana (Benth. ex Hochst.) Benth. | archives.nd.edu | Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of...Edit |