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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| Erica silvatica | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Elaterium | Elaterium | Elaterium Jacq. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Gladiolus strictus | Gladiolus strictus Aiton | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted' Edit | |||
| Sida dinteriana | Sida dinteriana Hochr. | archives.nd.edu | Moritz Kurt Dinter (1868 -1945) was a German botanist and explorer in South West Africa (Namibia). ...Edit |
Dinter's biography can be seen at... |
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| Thryallis glauca | Thryallis glauca auct. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin glaucus = 'blue-grey'. Typically referring to the leaf colour Edit | |||
| Encephalartos hildebrandtii | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Falkia villosa | Falkia villosa Hallier f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin villus = 'hair' + -ōsus = 'full of', or villosus = 'shaggy'. Typically referring to...Edit | |||
| Restio parvispiculatus | Restio parvispiculatus H. P. Linder & C.R. Hardy | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Antimima granitica | Antimima granitica | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Euphorbia mauritanica var. corallothamnus | Euphorbia mauritanica var. corallothamnus Dinter ex A. C. White, R.A. Dyer & B. Sloane | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ecbolium viride | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin 'viridus' meaning green, refers to the flower colours Edit | ||||
| Cyclodictyon | Cyclodictyon | Cyclodictyon Mitt. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Elaeodendron stolzii | Elaeodendron stolzii Loes. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Acromastigum | Acromastigum | Acromastigum A.W. Evans, 1900 | archives.nd.edu | Gk. akro = at the tip, end; mastix = flagellum or whip; Edit | alluding to the flagella and their place of origin. The flagella arise from the postical segment of apical cells. | |
| Morysia lineariloba | Morysia lineariloba DC. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin linearis = ‘relating to lines’ or 'linear', and loba = 'lobe'; referring to straight...Edit |