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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Anthospermum prostratum | Anthospermum prostratum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Achyranthes frumentacea | Achyranthes frumentacea Burm. f. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Taenais | Taenais | Taenais Salisb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
Salsola divaricata | Salsola divaricata (Moq.) Moq. | archives.nd.edu | From Latin divaricatus = "spreading" Edit | |||
Manilkara natalensis | Manilkara natalensis (Pierre ex L. Planch.) Dubard | archives.nd.edu | From the Natal region along the east-coast of South Africa Edit | |||
Cyathula polycephala | Cyathula polycephala auct. | archives.nd.edu | From the Greek poly meaning 'many' and cephala meaning 'headed'. Edit | |||
Lampranthus reptans | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin reptans = ‘creeping’ Edit | ||||
Euplectes progne | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
Brachiaria filifolia | Brachiaria filifolia Stapf | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fili = 'thread' or 'string' and folius = 'leaf' ; the leaf is long and narrow Edit | |||
Nephelium lappaceum | Nephelium lappaceum L. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Hamelia erecta | Hamelia erecta Jacq. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin erectus = 'upright' Edit | |||
Erinus incisus | Erinus incisus Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin incisus = 'cut into' Edit | |||
Ornithogalum naviculum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin naviculare = 'a small boat'; referring to the shape of the keel Edit | ||||
Cassipourea gerrardii | Cassipourea gerrardii (Schinz) Alston | archives.nd.edu | Named after naturalist and traveller William Tyrer Gerrard (?-1866) who collected in KwaZulu-Natal...Edit | |||
Convolvulus altheaoides | Convolvulus altheaoides Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |