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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opophytum aquosum | Opophytum aquosum (L. Bolus) N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Airopsis steudelii | Airopsis steudelii Nees | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ammannia baccifera var. micromerioides | Ammannia baccifera var. micromerioides Cufod. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Witsenia | Witsenia | Witsenia Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | For Nicolaas (Nicolaes) Witsen (1641–1717), Dutch patron of botany. He studied law, philosophy and...Edit | ||
| Rectolejeunea | Rectolejeunea | Rectolejeunea A.Evans | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Ixia tenuiflora | Ixia tenuiflora Vahl | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin tenuis = ‘thin' or 'fine' or 'slender’ and flora = ‘flower’ Edit | |||
| Wahlenbergia oligantha | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek oligos = few, and anthos = flower; referring to the plant's comparative lack of...Edit | ||||
| Salaxis rugosa | Salaxis rugosa (Klotzsch) Benth. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘rugosa’ / ‘rugosus’ meaning ‘wrinkled’ Edit | |||
| Ficus pachypleura | Ficus pachypleura Warb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Rhus ciliata | Rhus ciliata auct. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin cilium an 'eyelid', referring to short hairs that resemble eyelashes. Edit | |||
| Solanum schroederi | Solanum schroederi Dammer | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Senecio albo-punctatus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin alba = 'white' and punctatus = 'spotted' or 'pointed' Edit | ||||
| Momordica cordifolia | Momordica cordifolia E. Mey. ex Sond. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘cordi’ / ‘cor’ meaning ‘heart’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Erica saptouensis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Corymbia citriodora | archives.nd.edu | Edit |