The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
azureovelatus -a -um blue-clothed, azureus-(velo, velare, velavi, velatum)<br />
azureus -a -um sky-blue, Latin azureus, from Arabic, al-lazaward, for lapis-lazuli<br />
babadagicus -a -um from the Babatag mountains, Uzbekistan<br />
babae wonderful!, ahh!, babae (an interjection of awe)<br />
Babiana Baboon, from the Afrikaans, babianer, for baboon (which feed on the corms)<br />
babingtonii for Charles Cardale Babington (1808–95), Professor of Botany at<br />
Cambridge, author of Manual of British Botany<br />
babylonicus -a -um from Babylon, babylon, babylonius<br />
bacaba a South American vernacular name for the wine palm, Oenocarpus bacaba<br />
bacatus -a -um of pearls; berried, baca, bacae; bacca, baccae<br />
baccans becoming berried-looking (shining red to purple, berry-like fruits of Carex<br />
baccans)<br />
baccatus -a -um having berries, baca, bacca, bacae, baccae (fruits with fleshy or pulpy<br />
coats)<br />
Baccharis an ancient Greek name (doubtful etymology, perhaps Ecstatic, from<br />
bakxoj, the spicy smell of the roots)<br />
baccifer -era -erum, bacifer -era -erum olive-bearing, bearing berries, bacca-fero<br />
bacciformis -is -e berry-shaped, bacca-forma<br />
bacillaris -is -e rod-like, staff-like, stick-like (used botanically for very small rodlike<br />
entities), bacillum, bacilli a lictor’s staff<br />
Backhousia, backhousianus -a -um for James Backhouse (1794–1869), nurseryman of<br />
York<br />
Bacopa derivation uncertain<br />
bacterio-, -bacterium stick-, staff-, bakthria (rod bacteria)<br />
bacteriophilus -a -um bacteria-liking, symbiotic, bakthria-filoj<br />
Bactris Cane, baktron (use in making walking sticks)<br />
baculiferus -a -um staff-carrying, with reed-like stems, baculum-fero<br />
baculus -a -um stick, staff, baculum, baculi<br />
badachschanicus -a -um from Badakshan, Afghanistan<br />
badiocarpus -a -um having chestnut-brown fruits, botanical Latin badio-carpus<br />
badius -a -um, badio- reddish-brown, chestnut-coloured, badius<br />
Baeckea for Abraham Baeck, friend of Linnaeus and physician<br />
baeo- small-, baioj, baiobaeocephalus<br />
-a -um small-headed, baio-kefalh (inflorescence)<br />
Baeometra <strong>Of</strong>-small-measure, baio-metron (its small stature)<br />
Baeospora Small-spore, baio-sporoj (the spores are about 3 1.5 mm)<br />
baeticus -a -um from S Spain, Andalusia (Baetica)<br />
baffinensis -is -e from Baffin Island or Baffin Bay, N Canada<br />
Bafutia for its provenance, Bafut-Ngemba, Cameroon, W Africa<br />
bagamoyensis -is -e from Bagamoyo, Tanzania (one-time coastal HQ of the German<br />
East Africa Company)<br />
bahamanus -a -um from the Bahamas, Bahamian<br />
bahianus -a -um from Bahia State, E Brazil<br />
baicalensis -is -e, baicalicus -a -um, baikalensis -is -e from the area around Lake Baikal<br />
(Baykal), E Siberia<br />
Baikiaea for Dr William Balfour Baikie, surgeon and naturalist who commanded<br />
the Niger Expeditions of 1854 and 1857<br />
baileyanus -a -um, baileyi either for Captain F. M. Bailey, who collected in Tibet c.<br />
1913, or Major Vernon Bailey, who collected on Mount Wichita, Oklahoma c. 1906,<br />
or Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858–1954), Professor of Horticulture at Cornell<br />
University, USA<br />
Baillonia for H. Baillon (1827–95), French botanist<br />
bainesii for John Thomas Baines (1820–75), student of the aloes of S Africa<br />
Bakerantha for John Gilbert Baker (1834–1920), British botanist and author of<br />
Handbook of the Bromeliaceae<br />
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