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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crocanthus thunbergii | Crocanthus thunbergii (Haw.) L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | For Carl Pehr (Peter) Thunberg (1743–1828), Swedish botanist, physician, student of Linnaeus,...Edit |
Thunberg did extensive botanical exploration in the southern Cape where no botanical collecting... |
||
| Peucedanum wilmsianum | archives.nd.edu | After Friederich Wilms (1848-1919) apothecary of Berlin who collected in Kwa-Zulu Natal and...Edit | ||||
| Aloe arachnoides | Aloe arachnoides Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Euphorbia systyloides var. porcaticapsa | Euphorbia systyloides var. porcaticapsa S. Carter | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Senecio scaposus var. addoensis | archives.nd.edu | From the Addo region of the Eastern Cape of South Africa Edit | ||||
| Ruschia roseola | Ruschia roseola (N.E. Br.) Schwantes | archives.nd.edu | Uncertain could mean the Latin diminutive of 'rose' Edit | |||
| Trichilia emetica | Trichilia emetica Vahl | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Agave vivipara | Agave vivipara | Agave vivipara L. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Glottiphyllum pygmaeum | Glottiphyllum pygmaeum L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’ Edit | |||
| Erica discolor | Erica discolor Andrews | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin discolor meaning ‘variegated’ or two-toned. This typically refers to either the...Edit | |||
| Aptosimum lineare var. lineare | Aptosimum lineare Marloth & Engl. var. lineare | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin linearis = ‘relating to lines’ or 'linear'; typically referring to the straight...Edit | |||
| Mesosetum | Mesosetum | Mesosetum Steud. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Landolphia gummifera | Landolphia gummifera (Poir.) K. Schum. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek kommi = "gum" and -phoros = "bearing" referring the gum or latex in the plant Edit | |||
| Hyparrhenia scabrimarginata | Hyparrhenia scabrimarginata (De Wild.) Robyns | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Lotononis pallens | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pallens = ‘pale’ Edit |