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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryum pseudotriquetrum | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Oxalis phellandroides | Oxalis phellandroides E. Mey. ex Meisn. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Tenicroa fragrans | Tenicroa fragrans (Jacq.) Raf. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin fragrans = ‘fragrant’ Edit | |||
| Wahlenbergia squarrosa | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin squarros = "spreading horizontally, curved at the ends" Edit | ||||
| Cyperus polystachyos | Cyperus polystachyos Rottb. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Ipomoea tuberculata | Ipomoea tuberculata (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin tuberculum = a small 'bump', 'swelling', 'protuberance' or 'pimple' Edit | |||
| Pycnonotus capensis | archives.nd.edu | From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin...Edit | ||||
| Zelotomys | Zelotomys | Zelotomys Osgood, 1910 | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||
| Stigmarota | Stigmarota Lour. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Erica sanguinea | Erica sanguinea Lodd. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin sanguis = 'blood'; generally referring to the colour blood-red. Edit | |||
| Didymodon ceratodonteus | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Lithops hookeri var. dabneri | Lithops hookeri var. dabneri (L. Bolus) D. T. Cole | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cucumis longipes | Cucumis longipes Hook. f. | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin longus = 'long' and pes = 'foot'. In plants, this often refers to the base of the...Edit | |||
| Restio filiformis var. oligostachyus | Restio filiformis var. oligostachyus (Mast.) Mast. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Lasiopus | Lasiopus Cass. | archives.nd.edu | Gk. lasios = hairy, shaggy; -pus = foot (pous, a foot) alluding to the woolly (foot)stalks reaching...Edit |