The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Ancistrorhynchus Fish-hook-beak, agkistro-rugxoj (the shape of the pollinarium)<br />
Ancistrophyllum Fish-hook-leaved, agkistro-fullon (the leaf rachis terminates in<br />
hooked spines), or Quick-changing-leaf, the various leaflets and spines on the<br />
rachis, agxi-strofo-fullon<br />
Ancistus Barbed-one, agkistrion<br />
ancylo- hooked-, curved-, agkuloj, agkuloancyrensis-is<br />
-e from Ankara (Ancyra), Turkey<br />
andalgalensis -is -e from Andalgal, Argentina<br />
andaminus -a -um from the Andaman Islands, SE Bay of Bengal<br />
andegavensis -is -e from Angers in Anjou, France (Andegava)<br />
Andersonia for William Anderson (1750–78), botanist on Cook’s second and third<br />
voyages<br />
andersonii for Thomas Anderson (1832–70), botanist in Bengal, or for J. Anderson<br />
(fl. 1909), who collected in the Gold Coast (Ghana), or Messrs Anderson, patrons<br />
of botany<br />
andesicolus -a -um from the S American Andes cordillera, Andes-colo<br />
andicolus -a -um from the Colombian Andean cordillera, Andes-colo<br />
andigitrensis -is -e from the Andigitra mountains, Madagascar<br />
andinus -a -um from the high Chilean Andes<br />
Andira, andina from the Brazilian vernacular name<br />
andongensis -is -e from Andonga, NW Angola<br />
Andrachne the ancient Greek name, andraxne (for an evergreen shrub)<br />
andrachnoides resembling Andrachne, andraxne-oeidhj<br />
andreanus -a -um for E. F. André (1840–1911) Parisian landscape gardener<br />
andrewsianus -a -um, andrewsii for H. C. Andrews, early nineteenth-century botanical<br />
writer<br />
andrieuxii for G. Andrieux, plant collector in Mexico<br />
andro-, -andrus -a -um male, man, stamened-, anthered-, anhr, andr, androj, andro-<br />
Androcymbium Male-cup, andro-cymbium (the petal-limbs enfold the stamens)<br />
androgynus -a -um with staminate and pistillate flowers on the same head, hermaphrodite,<br />
anhr-gunh, androgynus, androgyni<br />
Andromeda after Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiope, whom<br />
Perseus rescued from the sea monster<br />
Andropogon Bearded-male, andro-pwgwn (awned male spikelet)<br />
Androrchis Male-testicle, andr-orxij, Orchis mascula or man orchid<br />
Androsace Man-shield, andro-sakoj (the exposed stamens of heterostyled spp.)<br />
androsaceus -a -um Androsace-like (the pink and brown pileus of the horse hair<br />
fungus)<br />
androsaemifolius -a -um Androsaemum-leaved, Androsaemum-folium<br />
Androsaemum, androsaemum Man’s-blood, androj-aima (Dioscorides’ name,<br />
androsaimon, for the blood-coloured juice of the berries)<br />
andrus -a -um -stamened, anhr, andr-<br />
Andryala etymology uncertain<br />
anegadensis -is -e from Anegada Island, Puerto Rica<br />
Aneilema Without-a-cover, a(n)-eiluma (the absence of an involucre)<br />
aneilematophyllus -a -um having leaves resembling those of Aneilema<br />
Anemarrhena Exposed-males, anem-arrhn (the exposed stamens)<br />
Anemia (Aneimia) Naked, aneimwn (the sori have no indusia)<br />
Anemiopsis Naked-looking, aneimwn-oyij (the sparsely leaved stems)<br />
Anemone a name used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus. Possibly a corruption of Naaman,<br />
a Semitic name for Adonis, from whose blood sprung the crimson-flowered<br />
Anemone coronaria<br />
Anemonella Little-Anemone-resembling, diminutive termination<br />
anemones of or upon Anemone (Urocystis smut fungus)<br />
anemoniflorus -a -um Anemone-flowered<br />
anemonifolius -a -um Anemone-leaved, Anemone-folium<br />
anemonoides Anemone-like, Amenone-oides<br />
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