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 madagascariensis var. ramosior | Plectranthus madagascariensis var. ramosior Benth. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pseudomariscus | Pseudomariscus | Pseudomariscus Rauschert | archives.nd.edu | Gk. pseudo- = false, resembling but not the real Mariscus (q.v.). Edit | ||
| Berkheya hispida | Berkheya hispida (L. f.) Willd. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hispidus = ‘rough’ or 'with bristles' Edit | |||
| Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa | Vicia sativa subsp. amphicarpa (Dorthes) Batt. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Conophytum obcordellum subsp. stenandrum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Erythrococca usambarica | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Wahlenbergia fruticosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’ Edit | ||||
| Rhynchospora aurea | Rhynchospora aurea Vahl | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin aureus = 'golden', typically referring to the flower colour. Edit | |||
| Watsonia brevifolia | Watsonia brevifolia Ker Gawl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin brevis = "short" and folius = 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Hypoxis elegans | Hypoxis elegans (Pers.) Poiret | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin elegans = 'elegant' or 'neat' Edit | |||
| Ipomoea guineensis | Ipomoea guineensis (Schumach.) G. Don | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Rhynchosia densiflora | Rhynchosia densiflora (Roth) DC. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin densus = 'dense' and flora = 'flower'; the flowers are congested Edit | |||
| Inulanthera | Inulanthera | Inulanthera Källersjö | archives.nd.edu | Inula (q.v.); anthera = anther. Edit | ||
| Rhus welwitschii | Rhus welwitschii Engl. | 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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| Mairia petiolata | Mairia petiolata Zinnecker-Wiegand | archives.nd.edu | Edit |