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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannomois parviflora | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’. Edit | ||||
| Conophytum lithopsoides subsp. koubergense | Conophytum lithopsoides subsp. koubergense (L. Bolus) S. A. Hammer | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Commelina erecta subsp. erecta | Commelina erecta L. subsp. erecta | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin erectus = 'upright' Edit | |||
| Erinus tomentosus | Erinus tomentosus Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly' Edit | |||
| Ferraria divaricata | archives.nd.edu | From Latin divaricatus = "spreading" Edit | ||||
| Centella sessilis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Thesium capituliflorum | archives.nd.edu | Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad...Edit | ||||
| Satyrium lindleyanum | Satyrium lindleyanum Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Diascia elegans | Diascia elegans (Hiern) Hiern | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin elegans = 'elegant' or 'neat' Edit | |||
| Leipoldtia grandifolia | Leipoldtia grandifolia L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin grandis = 'large' and folius = 'leaf'; referring to the size of the leaf Edit | |||
| Ionopsidium prolongoi | Ionopsidium prolongoi (Boiss.) Batt. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Leptonchidae | Leptonchidae | Leptonchidae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Euphorbia hernandez-pachecoi | Euphorbia hernandez-pachecoi Caball. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Lithops vallis-mariae var. groendraaiensis | Lithops vallis-mariae var. groendraaiensis (H. Jacobsen) de Boer | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Namakwa | Namakwa | Namakwa Hale | archives.nd.edu | Edit |