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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| Crepidomanes inopinatum var. inopinatum | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin inopinatum = 'unexpected', referring to the surprising discovery of the species Edit | ||||
| Erica coarctata var. longipes | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin longus = 'long' and pes = 'foot'. In plants, this often refers to the base of the...Edit | ||||
| Hesperantha tysonii | Hesperantha tysonii Baker | archives.nd.edu | For William Tyson (1851–1920), Jamaican-born South African botanist, plant collector, schoolteacher...Edit |
He was a main contributor to the Herbarium Normale Austro-Africanum organised by Bolus and... |
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| Solanum aculeastrum var. conraui | Solanum aculeastrum var. conraui (Dammer) Bitter | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Sedum ramuliflorum | Sedum ramuliflorum (Link & Otto) Kuntze | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Thamnochortus strictus | Thamnochortus strictus Kunth | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted' Edit | |||
| Hippobromus alatus | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin alatus = 'winged' Edit | ||||
| Rytigynia bugoyensis | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Hibiscus berberidifolius | Hibiscus berberidifolius Cufod. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Cyphoderus similis | archives.nd.edu | From the Latin similis = ‘similar’; bears a resemblance to another species Edit | ||||
| Ornithogalum gethylloides | archives.nd.edu | Edit | ||||
| Geigeria burkei subsp. valida | Geigeria burkei subsp. valida Merxm. | archives.nd.edu | From valeō = “I am strong, I am healthy, I am worth” referring to a robust species Edit | |||
| Kalanchoe brachycalyx | Kalanchoe brachycalyx A. Rich. | archives.nd.edu | Edit | |||
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Motacilla cinerea | archives.nd.edu | Edit |