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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pycreus mundtii var. mundtii | Pycreus mundtii Nees var. mundtii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Tricalysia allenii var. australis | Tricalysia allenii var. australis (Schweick.) Brenan | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin australis = ‘south’; Frequently referring to South Africa though may refer to...Edit | |||
| Plantago africana | archives.nd.edu | From Latin āfricāna = 'African', the origin of the organism Edit | ||||
| Diosma ramosissima | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin ramossisima / ramossisimus meaning "very branched" referring to the stems. -issima...Edit | ||||
| Tithonia | Tithonia | Tithonia Desf. ex Juss. | archives.nd.edu | For Tithonus, son of Laomedon and consort of Aurora, the (Latin) goddess of dawn; symbolic of old...Edit | ||
| Inga caffra | Inga caffra Meisn. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin caffrorum referring to British Kaffraria, the name given to the area between the Kei...Edit | |||
| Solanum arrebenta | Solanum arrebenta Vell. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Euphorbia vulcanorum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Bataceae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Mascarenhasia arborescens f. longifolia | Mascarenhasia arborescens f. longifolia (Jum.) Jum. & H. Perrier | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’ Edit | |||
| Sophora tomentosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly' Edit | ||||
| Leptochloa malabarica | Leptochloa malabarica (L.) Veldkamp | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Agraphopus | Agraphopus | Agraphopus Stål, 1872 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Stapelia tuberosa | Stapelia tuberosa Meerb. | archives.nd.edu | Having a tuber - a fleshy and thickened underground storage organ. Edit | |||
| Centella glabrata var. natalensis | Centella glabrata var. natalensis Adamson | archives.nd.edu | From the Natal region along the east-coast of South Africa Edit |