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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodonaea | Dodonaea | Dodonaea Mill. | archives.nd.edu | For Rembert Dodoens (or Rembertus Dodonaeus) (1517–1585), Flemish physician and herbalist. He...Edit | ||
| Steirodiscus linearilobus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Bulbine falcata | Bulbine falcata (L. f.) Schult. & Schult. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin falcatus = 'sickle shape' Edit | |||
| Leipoldtia weigangiana subsp. weigangiana | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Gorteria personata subsp. gracilis | Gorteria personata subsp. gracilis Roessler | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin gracilis meaning ‘graceful’ Edit | |||
| Rhoiacarpos | Rhoiacarpos | Rhoiacarpos A. DC. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. rhoia = pomegranate; karpos = fruit. The fruit is a red drupe topped with a persistent perianth...Edit | ||
| Malva assurgentiflora | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Aloe pallida | Aloe pallida (Haw.) Schult. & Schult. f. | archives.nd.edu | pallida=pale Edit | |||
| Justicia genistifolia | Justicia genistifolia Engl. | archives.nd.edu | With leaves resembling the genus Genista, the lanky plants known as a broom Edit | |||
| Crassula rubricaulis var. muirii | Crassula rubricaulis var. muirii Schönland | archives.nd.edu | Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came...Edit | |||
| Erica glauca var. glauca | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glaucus = 'blue-grey'. Typically referring to the leaf colour Edit | ||||
| Andropogon tectorum | Andropogon tectorum | Andropogon tectorum Schumach. & Thonn. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘tectorum’ / ‘tecti’ meaning ‘roofs’ Edit | ||
| Monsonia heliotropioides subsp. heliotropioides | Monsonia heliotropioides (Cav.) Boiss. subsp. heliotropioides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Haworthia reinwardtii var. adelaidensis | Haworthia reinwardtii var. adelaidensis Poelln. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Tapinanthus natalitius | Tapinanthus natalitius (Meisn.) Danser | archives.nd.edu | Meaning from the Natal or Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa Edit |