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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lobelia hypsibata | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Dianthus basuticus var. grandiflorus | Dianthus basuticus var. grandiflorus S.S. Hooper | archives.nd.edu | From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers. Edit | |||
| Thesium ecklonianum | archives.nd.edu | Named after Christian Frederick Ecklon (1795-1868), a Danish apothecary, plant collector and...Edit | ||||
| Ifloga reflexa | Ifloga reflexa (L. f.) Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin reflexus = ‘bending back’ Edit | |||
| Wurmbea spicata f. marginata | Wurmbea spicata f. marginata (Desr.) T. Durand & Schinz | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin marginatus meaning ‘with a defined edge’ or 'to border' Edit | |||
| Librevillea | Librevillea | Librevillea Hoyle | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Heliophila deserticola var. deserticola | Heliophila deserticola Schltr. var. deserticola | archives.nd.edu | From Latin desertum = 'desert' and -cola = 'dweller', referring to the desert habitat of the...Edit | |||
| Bobartia orientalis subsp. orientalis | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin orientalis = ‘eastern’ Edit | ||||
| Stapelia halipedicola | Stapelia halipedicola (L. C. Leach) P. V. Heath | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin 'Halipedum' meaning 'coastal plain' and 'cola' meaning inhabiting. Edit | |||
| Embelia gilgii | Embelia gilgii Mez | archives.nd.edu | Named after Ernest Friedrich Gilg (1867-1933), a professor of botany at Berlin Edit | |||
| Selinum annesorhizum | Selinum annesorhizum F. Muell. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Astephanus neglectus | Astephanus neglectus Schltr. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Hermannia joubertiana | Hermannia joubertiana Harv. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Aloe muirii | Aloe muirii Marloth | archives.nd.edu | Named after Scotsman Dr John Muir, (1874-1947), physician, naturalist and cultural historian. Came...Edit | |||
| Palaeoniscoidei | Palaeoniscoidei | Palaeoniscoidei | archives.nd.edu | Edit |