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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipomoea crassipes | Ipomoea crassipes Hook. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin crassus = "thick" and pes = "foot". In plants the foot often alludes to the base of a...Edit | |||
| Combretum purpureum var. bracteatum | Combretum purpureum var. bracteatum Scott-Elliot | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin bracteatus = 'gilt', 'gilded', 'covered with a thin veneer of gold', 'shining like...Edit | |||
| Clematis hirsuta | Clematis hirsuta Guill. & Perr. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’ Edit | |||
| Jatropha humilis | Jatropha humilis N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin humilis = ‘humble’; referring to a low or sprawling habit Edit | |||
| Borreria laevis | Borreria laevis (Lam.) Griseb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Adenandra umbellata var. speciosa | Adenandra umbellata var. speciosa (Sims) Bartl. & H.L. Wendl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin speciosa / speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’ Edit | |||
| Piper nummularifolium | Piper nummularifolium Sw. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Jatropha schlechteri subsp. setifera | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin seti = 'bristle' and fera = 'bearing' Edit | ||||
| Sarcobotrya | Sarcobotrya | Sarcobotrya R. Vig. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa | Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa (Mill.) Thell. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin sativus = 'sown'; i.e. generally refering to crop plants Edit | |||
| Cyclonema spinescens | Cyclonema spinescens Oliv. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin spina = 'spine', 'thorn', 'prick' or 'prickle' and -escens = 'becoming like'; i.e....Edit | |||
| Kyllinga cristata | Kyllinga cristata Kunth | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin cristata / cristatus meaning ‘tufted’ or 'comb-like' as in resembling the comb on a...Edit | |||
| Amorphospermum natalense | Amorphospermum natalense (Sond.) Baehni | archives.nd.edu | Meaning from the Natal or Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa Edit | |||
| Argyroderma hallii | Argyroderma hallii L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Named after Harry Hall (1906-1986), formidable collector and from 1947-1968 the curator of the...Edit | |||
| Microdon bracteatus | Microdon bracteatus (Thunb.) Hartley | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin bracteatus = 'bracts' Edit |