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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aeollanthus rehmannii | Aeollanthus rehmannii | archives.nd.edu | Commemorating the German botanist and bryologist Anton(i) Rehman(n) (1840-1917). He visited SA...Edit | |||
| Vanwykia | Vanwykia | Vanwykia Wiens | archives.nd.edu | For Piet van Wyk (1931–2006), South African botanist, ecologist, photographer and author. A...Edit | ||
| Phyllobolus grossus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Viscum eucleae | Viscum eucleae Eckl. & Zeyh. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Mimosa caffra | Mimosa caffra Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit | |||
| Anthospermum dregei subsp. ecklonis | Anthospermum dregei subsp. ecklonis (Sond.) Puff | archives.nd.edu | Named after Christian Frederick Ecklon (1795-1868), a Danish apothecary, plant collector and...Edit | |||
| Nuxia holstii | Nuxia holstii (Gilg) Gilg | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Becium grandiflorum var. stuhlmannii | Becium grandiflorum var. stuhlmannii (Gürke) Sebald | archives.nd.edu | Named after Franz L. Stuhlmann a German (1863-1928) naturalist who collected plants and animals in...Edit | |||
| Solanum benguelense | Solanum benguelense Peyr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Drosanthemum edwardsiae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Zygophyllum cuneifolium | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Black-fronted Bush-Shrike | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | Chlorophoneus nigrifrons | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Enneapogon filifolius | Enneapogon filifolius (Pilg.) Stapf ex Garab. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow Edit | |||
| Asplenium stuhlmannii | archives.nd.edu | Named after Franz L. Stuhlmann a German (1863-1928) naturalist who collected plants and animals in...Edit | ||||
| Senecio rusisiensis | Senecio rusisiensis R. E. Fr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |