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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macowania deflexa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin deflexus = 'bent or turned backwards' Edit | ||||
| Bidens leucantha var. sundaica | Bidens leucantha var. sundaica (Blume) Hassk. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Glottiphyllum haagei | Glottiphyllum haagei Tischer | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Lagynias dryadum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Schotia latifolia × afra f. A | Schotia latifolia Jacq. × afra f. A | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘lati’ / ‘latus’ meaning ‘wide’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Eurystigma | Eurystigma L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Gk. eury = wide; stigma = stigma; alluding to the plant’s five broad, thick stigmas. Edit | |||
| Aerangis mystacidii | Aerangis mystacidii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Aristida vestita | Aristida vestita Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin vestitus = ‘clad’ or 'clothed'. This typically refers to having meany leaves down...Edit | |||
| Berkheya hispida | Berkheya hispida (L. f.) Willd. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hispidus = ‘rough’ or 'with bristles' Edit | |||
| Lepidotis | Lepidotis | Lepidotis P. Beauv. ex Mirb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin lepidotus = ‘covered with small scales’ Edit | ||
| Bulbostylis squarrosa | Bulbostylis squarrosa (Lye) Lye | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin squarros = "spreading horizontally, curved at the ends" Edit | |||
| Mesembryanthemum verruculosum | Mesembryanthemum verruculosum (L. Bolus) N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Disa tripetaloides subsp. tripetaloides | Disa tripetaloides (L. f.) N.E. Br. subsp. tripetaloides | archives.nd.edu | -oides denotes resemblance, so likely bearing a similarity possibly to Bulbophyllum tripetalum Edit | |||
| Euclea racemosa subsp. racemosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘racemosa’ / ‘racemosus’ meaning ‘clustered’ Edit | ||||
| Oxalis burkei var. multiglandulosa | Oxalis burkei var. multiglandulosa Sond. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |