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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| Tetraria picta | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pingo "I paint" becoming the nominative pictus, typically referring to the flowers...Edit | ||||
| Zyrphelis | Zyrphelis | Zyrphelis Cass. | archives.nd.edu | Possible misspelling of Zephyr, the mythological god of the west wind and lover of Flora. Edit | ||
| Psilocaulon bijliae | Psilocaulon bijliae N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. cucullatum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin cucullatus = ‘hooded’ Edit | ||||
| Scolopia platyphylla | Scolopia platyphylla Chiov. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Manulea thunbergii | Manulea thunbergii G. Don | archives.nd.edu | For Carl Pehr (Peter) Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish botanist, physician, student of Linnaeus,...Edit |
Thunberg did extensive botanical exploration in the southern Cape where no botanical collecting... |
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| Senecio vulgari-humilis | Senecio vulgari-humilis Batt. & Trab. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Syzygium guineense subsp. barotsense | Syzygium guineense subsp. barotsense F. White | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘guineense’ / ‘guineensis’ meaning ‘relating to Guinea’ Edit | |||
| Trachyandra hantamensis | Trachyandra hantamensis Boatwr. & J.C. Manning | archives.nd.edu | From the Hantam region of the Northern Cape in the general proximity of Niewoudtville and Calvinia Edit | |||
| Zaluzianskya parviflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’. Edit | ||||
| Eulophia warneckeana | Eulophia warneckeana Kraenzl. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Sorghum purpureo-sericeum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin purpureo = 'purple' and ‘sericea’ / ‘sericeus’ meaning ‘silky’. Presumably it is...Edit | ||||
| Gymnosporia acuminata var. lepidota | Gymnosporia acuminata var. lepidota (Loes.) Loes. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin lepidotus = ‘covered with small scales’ Edit | |||
| Pelargonium radens | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Orbea caudata | Orbea caudata (N.E. Br.) Bruyns | archives.nd.edu | From the latin 'caudatus' meaning with a tail Edit |