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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| Diplorhynchus condylocarpon subsp. angolensis | Diplorhynchus condylocarpon subsp. angolensis (Büttner) P.A. Duvign. | archives.nd.edu | From Angola Edit | |||
| Crassula multicava subsp. floribunda | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin floribundus = 'many flowers' Edit | ||||
| Rhinacanthus pulcher | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pulcher = 'beautiful', 'pretty' or 'handsome' Edit | ||||
| Mnesithea | Mnesithea Kunth | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Erica alopecurus var. alopecurus | Erica alopecurus Harv. var. alopecurus | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek alopex = a fox; referring to the branches that resemble a fox's tail Edit | |||
| Trichocyclus buchubergensis | Trichocyclus buchubergensis Dinter | archives.nd.edu | From the Buchuberg mountain in the Richtersveld near the Namibian/South African border. Buchu is...Edit | |||
| Wahlenbergia subulata var. subulata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin subulatus = ‘awl-shaped’; i.e. the organ is slender and narrowing to a point Edit | ||||
| Gymnosporia ilicina | Gymnosporia ilicina (Burch.) Davison | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Trichocereeae | Trichocereeae | Trichocereeae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Stilbe mucronata var. cuspidata | Stilbe mucronata var. cuspidata H. Pearson | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin cuspidatus meaning ‘pointed’ Edit | |||
| Drimia montana | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’ Edit |
Named in honour of Swedish botanist ... |
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| Anthospermum pumilum subsp. pumilum | Anthospermum pumilum Sond. subsp. pumilum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pumila = 'dwarf' Edit | |||
| Arctotis nodosa | Arctotis nodosa Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Lation nodosus = knobby Edit | |||
| Isolepis incomtula | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Leguminosae-Caes | Leguminosae-Caes | Leguminosae-Caes. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |