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 |
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| Wahlenbergia uitenhagensis var. debilis | Wahlenbergia uitenhagensis var. debilis (Sond.) W. G. Welman | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin debilis meaning 'weak' or ‘fragile’ Edit | |||
| Asclepias rivalis | Asclepias rivalis S. Moore | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cheiridopsis pearsonii | archives.nd.edu | Named after Professor Henry Harold Welch Pearson (1870-1916), the first director of Kirstenbosch...Edit |
Pearson was a tremendous influence on South African as well as Namibian botany (then South West... |
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| Gasteria ensifolia | Gasteria ensifolia Haw. | archives.nd.edu | Latin meaning sword-shaped leaves Edit | |||
| Lycopodium complanatum | Lycopodium complanatum | archives.nd.edu | Lying in one plane as if pressed Edit | |||
| Pandanus utilis | Pandanus utilis Bory | archives.nd.edu | From Latin utilis 'useful, helpful or practical'. Edit | |||
| Acalypha stuhlmannii | Acalypha stuhlmannii | Acalypha stuhlmannii Pax | archives.nd.edu | Named after Franz L. Stuhlmann a German (1863-1928) naturalist who collected plants and animals in...Edit | ||
| Aloe mitriformis subsp. distans | Aloe mitriformis subsp. distans (Haw.) Zonn. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin distans = 'distant' meaning 'separate' or 'different' Edit | |||
| Ficus budduensis | Ficus budduensis Hutch. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Thesium pallidum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin word pallidus meaning 'pale' or 'pale yellow'. Edit | ||||
| Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. kuhnii | Hymenophyllum polyanthos var. kuhnii (C. Chr.) Schelpe | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Gerrardina | Gerrardina | Gerrardina Oliv. | archives.nd.edu | Gerrardanthus (q.v.); -ina = resembling or possessing. Edit | ||
| Sphaerosicyos sphaericus | Sphaerosicyos sphaericus (Sond.) Hook. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin word sphaericus meaning 'spherical' or 'round.' Edit | |||
| Erica hirta | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower' Edit | ||||
| Soliva pterosperma | Soliva pterosperma (Juss.) Less. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |