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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowiea volubilis | Bowiea volubilis Harv. ex Hook. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin volubilis = ‘twisting’ or 'winding'; generally referring to a creeper Edit | |||
| Trionum annuum | Trionum annuum Medik. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| AVICENNIACEAE | Avicenniaceae | AVICENNIACEAE Endl. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Lactuca abyssinica | Lactuca abyssinica Fresen. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin abyssinicus = ‘relating to Abyssinia’ Edit | |||
| Gladiolus stanfordiae | Gladiolus stanfordiae L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Schizachyrium compressum | Schizachyrium compressum (Stapf) Stapf | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Mascarenhasia arborescens var. comorensis | Mascarenhasia arborescens var. comorensis Markgr. | archives.nd.edu | From the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean north of Madagascar in the Mozambique Channel. Edit | |||
| Cytinus sanguineus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin sanguine meaning 'bloody' in reference to the blood-red flowers Edit | ||||
| Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus | Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus De Wild. & T. Durand | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Hesperantha graminifolia | Hesperantha graminifolia Sweet | archives.nd.edu | Latin 'gramin' meaning 'grass' and 'folia' meaning leaves; with grass -like leaves Edit | |||
| Vachellia natalitia | Vachellia natalitia (E. Mey.) Kyal. & Boatwr. | archives.nd.edu | Meaning from the Natal or Kwa-Zulu Natal region of South Africa Edit | |||
| Lobelia filipes | Lobelia filipes E. Wimm. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fīlum (“thread”) + pēs (“foot”); refers to the threadlike base Edit | |||
| Endonema | Endonema | Endonema A. Juss. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. endo- = within; nema = a thread, filament. The filament and style are largely contained inside...Edit | ||
| Lampranthus dilutus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Convolvulus albivenius | Convolvulus albivenius Lindl. | archives.nd.edu | Edit |