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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Lebeckia brevicarpa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin brevis = "short" and carpum = 'fruit' Edit | ||||
Limosella africana var. macrosperma | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
Morphixia nervosa | Morphixia nervosa Baker | archives.nd.edu | 'Sinewy' or 'vigorous' from Latin nervus = 'sinew, energy' + -ōsus. Edit | |||
Adenandra fragrans | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’ Edit | ||||
Psilothamnus ericifolius | Psilothamnus ericifolius (Bél.) DC. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Golden Pipit | Tmetothylacus tenellus | Tmetothylacus tenellus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
Clerodendrum myricoides var. involutum | Clerodendrum myricoides var. involutum B. Thomas | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin involutus = 'envelope', 'colour', 'wrap in' or 'roll along'; typically referring to...Edit | |||
Buchnera erinoides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
Cephalophyllum cedrimontanum | Cephalophyllum cedrimontanum L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Othonna semicalva | Othonna semicalva (DC.) Sch. Bip. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Restio argenteus | Restio argenteus Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin argenteus = ‘silver’ Edit | |||
Gigaspermum | Gigaspermum | Gigaspermum S.O.Lindberg, 1865 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
Eucomis nana | Eucomis nana (Burm. f.) L'Hér. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin nana / nanus meaning ‘dwarf’; typically referring to the plants small stature Edit | |||
Litanthus pusillus | Litanthus pusillus Harv. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pusillus = 'very small' or 'tiny' Edit | |||
Merremia gorinii | archives.nd.edu | Edit |