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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lycus | Lycus | Lycus Fabricii, 1787 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Volkensiophyton neuracanthoides | Volkensiophyton neuracanthoides Lindau | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Loranthus speciosus | Loranthus speciosus F. Dietr. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ‘speciosus’ / ‘speciosus’ meaning ‘beautiful’ Edit | |||
| Aloe parvibracteata | Aloe parvibracteata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin parva = 'small' and bracteata = 'bract' Edit | |||
| Psilocaulon bicorne | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Graphis | Graphis | Graphis Jeffreys, 1867 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Micarea endoviolascens | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Bulbostylis scleropus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Lampranthus dyckii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Tritonia flabellifolia var. flabellifolia | Tritonia flabellifolia (D. Delaroche) G.J. Lewis var. flabellifolia | archives.nd.edu | From Latin flābellātus meaning 'fan-shaped' and -folius 'leaf' Edit | |||
| Nicolsonia barbata var. dimorpha | Nicolsonia barbata var. dimorpha (Welw. ex Baker) Schindl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek words di meaning 'two' and morphē meaning 'form' or 'shape.' Edit | |||
| Erythrina pallida | Erythrina pallida Britton & Rose | archives.nd.edu | pallida=pale Edit | |||
| Cliffortia serpyllifolia var. angustifolia | Cliffortia serpyllifolia var. angustifolia Drège | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’; and folius = ‘leaf’. Edit | |||
| Asclepias schweinfurthii | Asclepias schweinfurthii N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | Named after Dr. Georg August Schweinfurth, 20th century German botanist and taxonamist Edit | |||
| Pityrogramma | Pityrogramma | Pityrogramma Link | archives.nd.edu | Gk. pityron = bran, chaff; gramma = line; referring to powdery indumentum and naked sporangia on...Edit |