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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gymnogramma argentea | Gymnogramma argentea (Willd.) Mett. ex Kuhn | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin argenteus = ‘silver’ Edit | |||
| Aspalathus quinquefolia subsp. acocksii | Aspalathus quinquefolia subsp. acocksii R. Dahlgren | archives.nd.edu | John Phillip Harison Acocks (formerly Acock, 1911-1979), capetonian botanist. Appointed as a...Edit | |||
| Moschosma myriostachyum | Moschosma myriostachyum Benth. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Pyxine reticulata | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin reticulatus = 'net-like'; typically referring to the veins that have multiple...Edit | ||||
| Polycarpaea corymbosa var. effusa | Polycarpaea corymbosa var. effusa Oliv. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin effusus = 'vast', 'wide', 'spread-out', 'disorderly' or 'sprawling' Edit | |||
| Crotalaria pulchella | Crotalaria pulchella Andrews | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin pulchellus meaning ‘beautiful’ Edit | |||
| Trichodiadema ryderae | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana | Nymphaea nouchali var. petersiana (Klotzsch) Verdc. | archives.nd.edu | Named after W.C.H Peters (1815-1883), German zoologist who collected plants and animals in...Edit | |||
| Soliva | Soliva | Soliva Ruiz & Pav. | archives.nd.edu | For Salvador Soliva (1750–1793), Spanish botanist and medical practitioner. He obtained his PhD...Edit | ||
| Pycreus nigricans var. nigricans | Pycreus nigricans (Steud.) C.B. Clarke var. nigricans | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Calidris subminuta | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Stadmannia oppositifolia | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin oppositus = 'opposite' and folius = 'leaf'; the leaves are opposite Edit | ||||
| Widdringtonia nodiflora var. whytei | Widdringtonia nodiflora var. whytei (Rendle) Silba | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Commiphora gracilispina | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin gracilis meaning ‘graceful’ and spina = 'spine' Edit | ||||
| Andropogon platybasis | Andropogon platybasis J. G. Anderson | archives.nd.edu | Edit |