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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| Oxalis odorata | Oxalis odorata J.C. Manning & Goldblatt | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin odoratus = ‘sweet-smelling / fragrant’ Edit | |||
| Long-tailed Widowbird | Euplectes progne | Euplectes progne | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Mesembryanthemum parviflorum | Mesembryanthemum parviflorum Haw. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin parvus = ‘small’ and flora = ‘flower’; referring to the tiny flowers Edit | |||
| Clutia sp | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Anthericum subpilosum | Anthericum subpilosum Poelln. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Dicranella | Dicranella | Dicranella (Müll.Hal.) Schimp. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Euphorbia micracantha | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin 'micro' meaning small and 'cantha' meaning spines Edit | ||||
| Lissotis melanogaster | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Wahlenbergia oocarpa | archives.nd.edu | Edit |
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| Strychnos boinensis | Strychnos boinensis Jum. & H. Perrier | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Hydrocotyle asiatica | Hydrocotyle asiatica L. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cyperus globifer | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Fimbristylis ferruginea subsp. ferruginea | Fimbristylis ferruginea (L.) Vahl subsp. ferruginea | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ferrugineus meaning ‘relating to iron’ Edit | |||
| Erinus aethiopicus | Erinus aethiopicus Thunb. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just...Edit | |||
| Pseudobarleria halimoides | Pseudobarleria halimoides (Nees) Lindau | archives.nd.edu | Edit |