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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aloe macchiata | Aloe macchiata Da Pare | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ranunculus meyeri | archives.nd.edu | Named after Louis Gottlieb Meyer (1867–1958), a German born missionary. Meyer frequently collected...Edit |
Louis Meyer Initially trained as an agriculturalist; arrived in South Africa as missionary on 7... |
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| Geranium vagans | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Orbea caudata subsp. caudata | Orbea caudata (N.E. Br.) Bruyns subsp. caudata | archives.nd.edu | From the latin 'caudatus' meaning with a tail Edit | |||
| Adenandra villosa subsp. orbicularis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Sutera primuliflora | Sutera primuliflora (Thell.) Range | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ormocarpum sennoides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Annesorhiza caffra | Annesorhiza caffra (Eckl. & Zeyh.) Schönland | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit | |||
| Bauhinia punctata | Bauhinia punctata auct. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin punctatus meaning 'spotted or dotted with glands' Edit | |||
| Ciconia episcopus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Ophionella mirkinii | Ophionella mirkinii (Pillans) Plowes | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Sphalmanthus hallii | Sphalmanthus hallii L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Named after Harry Hall (1906-1986), formidable collector and from 1947-1968 the curator of the...Edit | |||
| Böhm’s Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | Neafrapus boehmi | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Parmotrema grayanum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Asclepias appendiculata | Asclepias appendiculata (E. Mey.) Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |