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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Barleria rehmannii | archives.nd.edu | Commemorating the German botanist and bryologist Anton(i) Rehman(n) (1840-1917). He visited SA...Edit | ||||
Blumea wightiana | Blumea wightiana Hook. f. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Asparagus sarmentosus | Asparagus sarmentosus L. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Grewia chadara | Grewia chadara Lam. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Aloe africana var. angustior | Aloe africana var. angustior Haw. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin angustus = ‘narrow’ and -ior a comparative intensifier; i.e. narrower of two or more...Edit | |||
Ixia divaricata | Ixia divaricata Goldblatt & J.C. Manning | archives.nd.edu | From Latin divaricatus = "spreading" Edit | |||
Rotala robynsiana | Rotala robynsiana A. Fern. & Diniz | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
Buchenroedera gracilis | Buchenroedera gracilis Eckl. & Zeyh. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin gracilis meaning ‘graceful’ Edit | |||
Herrea stipitata | Herrea stipitata L. Bolus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin stīpes = having a stalk. Typically referring to the ovary bearing a stalk or stipe. Edit | |||
Sparaxis cana | Sparaxis cana Eckl. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin canus = 'gray', 'aged' or 'white'; frequently due to the hairs Edit | |||
Cardiocondyla emeryi | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
Conophytum praecox | Conophytum praecox N.E. Br. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin praecox = precocious; typically referring to early flowering though it can also mean...Edit | |||
Pterygodium pentherianum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
Eragrostis buchananii | Eragrostis buchananii Gand. | archives.nd.edu | After John Buchanan (1819-1898), botanist with the Geological Survey in New Zealand. Edit | |||
Cyperus princeae | Cyperus princeae C.B. Clarke | archives.nd.edu | Edit |