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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| Plectranthus zatarhendi var. tomentosus | Plectranthus zatarhendi var. tomentosus (Benth.) Codd | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly' Edit | |||
| Kohautia baddadensis | Kohautia baddadensis Bremek. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Justicia laetevirens | Justicia laetevirens Rendle | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin laetus meaning ‘joyful’ and virens = 'green' Edit | |||
| Amphiglossa perotrichoides | Amphiglossa perotrichoides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cissus rotundifolia var. rotundifolia | Cissus rotundifolia (Forssk.) Vahl var. rotundifolia | archives.nd.edu | From Latin rotundus = 'round' and folium = 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Grumilea goetzei | Grumilea goetzei K. Schum. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Balanites pedicellaris | Balanites pedicellaris Mildbr. & Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cephalophyllum caledonicum | Cephalophyllum caledonicum L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | pertaining to the town of Caledon in the Overberg region of the southern Cape Edit | |||
| Clivia miniata var. citrina | Clivia miniata var. citrina Watson | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin citrus = 'citrus' or 'lemon'; typically referring either to a lemon-yellow or a...Edit | |||
| Spatalla ericaefolia | Spatalla ericaefolia Salisb. ex Knight | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Borbonia hirsuta | Borbonia hirsuta (Thunb.) Poir. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’ Edit | |||
| Peucedanum dregeanum | archives.nd.edu | Commemorates the brothers Carl Friedrich Drege (1791-1867) and Johann Franz Drege (1794-1881) of...Edit | ||||
| Cotyledon zeyheri | Cotyledon zeyheri Harv. | archives.nd.edu | Named in honour of the renowned plant collector Carl (Karl) Ludwig Philipp Zeyher (1799-1858). One...Edit |
Ecklon died in Cape Town from smallpox during the epidemic of 1858. |
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| Cynorkis anacamptoides var. anacamptoides | Cynorkis anacamptoides Kraenzl. var. anacamptoides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Phylica purpurea | Phylica purpurea Sond. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin purpureus = 'purple' Edit |