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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drosera cuneifolia var. b | Drosera cuneifolia var. b Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ophthalmophyllum acutum | Ophthalmophyllum acutum (L. Bolus) Tischer | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' Edit | |||
| Pteridospermopsida | Pteridospermopsida | Pteridospermopsida | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Anthospermum hispidulum | Anthospermum hispidulum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin hispidus meaning ‘rough’, with bristles Edit | |||
| Oxalis recticaulis | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rectus = 'right / proper / straight' and caulis = 'stem / stalk' Edit | ||||
| Adromischus subviridis | Adromischus subviridis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pavonia urens var. urens | Pavonia urens Cav. var. urens | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Wolffia arrhiza | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin arrhiza meaning 'without roots' Edit | ||||
| Sanionia uncinata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin uncinatus = ‘furnished with hooks’ Edit | ||||
| Blaeria grandis | Blaeria grandis N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin grandis meaning 'large' or 'full grown' Edit | |||
| Dasystachys melanocarpa | Dasystachys melanocarpa Chiov. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Aspalathus polycephala subsp. rigida | Aspalathus polycephala subsp. rigida (Schltr.) R. Dahlgren | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin rigidus = ‘rigid’ Edit | |||
| Eragrostis superba var. contracta | Eragrostis superba var. contracta Peter | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin contractus = 'contracted', 'withdrawn', 'restricted' or 'tight' Edit | |||
| Cheiranthus | Cheiranthus L. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. kheir = a hand, possibly from Arabic kheyri = red-flowered; anthos = flower, thus ‘hand-flower...Edit | |||
| Belonites | Belonites | Belonites E. Mey. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |