The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
basirameus -a -um much branched from the base, basis-ramus
basisetus-a -um with a hairy base, basis-saeta (stem)
basitonae extended to the base, basij-tonoj
basjoo the Japanese name for fibre from Musa basjoo
Bassia for Ferdinando Bassi (1714–74), Italian botanist and Directer of Bologna
Botanic Garden, or for George Bass (d. at sea 1803), navigator who commended
Botany Bay for settlement
bastardii for T. Bastard (1784–1846), author of the Flora of Maine & Loire, 1809
bastardus -a -um not natural, abnormal, debased, medieval Latin bastardus
basuticus -a -um from Lesotho, S Africa (Basutoland until 1966)
bataanensis -is -e from Bataan, Luzon, Philippines
batalinii for A. F. Batalin (1847–96), Botanic Garden, St Petersburg
batatas Haitian name, batata, for sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas (cognate via
Portugese, patatas, with potato)
bataua from a vernacular name for an oil palm
batavicus -a -um, batavinus -a -um from Jakarta (Batavia), NW Java, Indonesia
Batemannia for James Bateman (1811–97), orchid collector and monographer of
Odontoglossum etc.
bathy- thick-, deep-, baqoj, baqubathyphyllus
-a -um densely leaved, thick-leaved, baqu-fullon
Batis Thorn-bush, batoj (Bataceae)
batjanicus -a -um from Bacan Island, Maluka (Batjan, N Molucca) Indonesia
Batrachia section of Geranium, (resemblance to Ranunculus acris)
batrachioides water-buttercup-like, Batrachium-like, batraxoj-oeidhj
Batrachium Little-frog, diminutive of batraxoj (Greek name for several
Ranunculus species)
Batrachospermum Frog-seed, batraxoj-sperma (mucilaginous appearance)
batrachospermus -a -um having mucilaginous seed, batraxoj-sperma
battandieri for Jules Aime Battandier (1848–1922), of the Algiers Medical School
Batodendron Thorny-tree, batoj-dendron ( Vaccinium)
Batopedina Little-thorny-tangle, batoj-pedaw
-batus -a -um accessible, passable; -thorn bush, batoj (sectional suffix in Rubus)
baudotii for Herr Baudot (fl. 1837), a German amateur botanist
Bauera, bauera, baueri, bauerianus -a -um for H. Gottfried and Franz Bauer,
botanists, travellers and illustrators, and Ferdinand Bauer (1760–1826), botanical
artist and traveller (Baueraceae)
Bauhinia for the Swiss botanists Caspar (Gaspard) Bauhin (1560–1624) and his
brother Johann (Jean) (1541–1613)
bauhiniiflorus -a -um having flowers resembling those of Bauhinia
baumannii either for Baumann brothers, nurserymen at Bollweiler, Alsace, or
Herrn E. H. Baumann of Bolivia, who produced Begonia baumannii
Baumea for Baume, Luzon (Cyperaceae)
baumeanus -a -um from Baume, Luzon
baurii for Reverend L. R. Baur (1825–89), who collected Rhodohypoxis in S Africa
bavaricus -a -um from Bayern State, Germany (Bavaria)
bavosus -a -um from a Mexican vernacular name, bavoso
bay berry, from the Old French, baie (Laurus nobilis, baccae-lauri; laurels were
awarded to scholars, hence baccalaureate)
baytopiorus -a -um, baytopii for Professor Turhan Baytop (1920–2002), Turkish pharmacist,
plant collector and writer
bdellium sticking, leach-like, bdella (has a Semitic origin, via bdellion, referring to
the resin of some Balsamodendron ( Commiphora) species)
-bdolon -smelling, -stench, bdoloj
bealei for Thomas Chay Beale (c. 1775–1842), Portuguese Consul in Shanghai, who
facilitated Robert Fortune’s collecting work
beanianus -a -um, beanii for William J. Bean (1863–1947) (Trees and Shrubs Hardy in
the British Isles)
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