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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| Lantana trifolia f. oppositifolia | Lantana trifolia f. oppositifolia Moldenke | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin oppositus = 'opposite' and folius = 'leaf'; the leaves are opposite Edit | |||
| Syringodea filifolia | Syringodea filifolia Baker | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow Edit | |||
| Wolffia welwitschii | Wolffia welwitschii Hegelm. | archives.nd.edu | For Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch (1806–1872), Austrian naturalist, explorer and medical doctor...Edit |
For Friedrich Martin Joseph Welwitsch (1806–1872), Austrian naturalist, explorer and medical... |
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| Rhus concinna | Rhus concinna Burch. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cotula villosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin villus = 'hair' + -ōsus = 'full of', or villosus = 'shaggy'. Typically referring to...Edit | ||||
| Aeschynomene schlechteri | Aeschynomene schlechteri Harms ex Baker f. | archives.nd.edu | Named in honour of the German Rudolf Schlecter (1872-1925) and his brother Max (1874-1960),...Edit |
Rudolf made more than 12 000 collections. His brother Max settled in Port Nolloth where he... |
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| Coenogoniaceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Brassica asperifolia var. sylvestris | Brassica asperifolia var. sylvestris Lam. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin silvestris = 'of or pertaining to forests or woods' Edit | |||
| Pentaschistis angustifolia var. angustifolia | Pentaschistis angustifolia (Nees) Stapf var. angustifolia | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’; and folius = ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Protasparagus rubicundus | Protasparagus rubicundus (P. J. Bergius) Oberm. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rubicundus = ‘suffused with red’ Edit | |||
| Blepharis angusta | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’ Edit | ||||
| Triraphis glomerata | Triraphis glomerata A. Camus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glomeratus = ‘thickly clustered’ Edit | |||
| Motacilla aguimp | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Polystichum pungens | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pungens meaning ‘prickly' or 'pungent' Edit | ||||
| Helophytum natans var. minus | Helophytum natans var. minus Eckl. & Zeyh. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin minor = 'less', Typically referring to the smaller of several species. Edit |