The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
Beloperone Dart-clasp, beloj-peronh (the shape of shrimp plant’s connective)<br />
belophyllus -a -um dart-leaf, terrifying-leaf, beloj-fullon<br />
beluosus -a -um of monsters, monstrous, belua, beluae; beluosus<br />
bemban from a Javanese vernacular name<br />
benedictus -a -um well spoken of, blessed, healing (Cnicus benedictus was once used<br />
as a cure for gout; herb bennet, or blessed herb, Geum urbanum, was prized for its<br />
fragrant root, used to make Benedictine liqueur)<br />
bengalensis -is -e, benghalensis, -is -e from Bengal (Benghala), India<br />
benguelensis -is -e from Bunguela, Angola<br />
benguetensis -is -e from Benguet, Luzon, Philippines<br />
Benincasa for Conte Giuseppe Benincasa (d. 1596), Italian botanist<br />
benjamina from an Indian vernacular name, ben-yan, or Gujarati, vaniyo<br />
benjan the Indian vernacular, ben-yan, for weeping fig, Ficus benjan<br />
bennettii for A. W. Bennett (1833–1902), British botanist<br />
Bensoniella, bensoniae, bensonii for Colonel Robson Benson (1822–94), who collected<br />
in Malabar etc.<br />
Benthamia, Benthamidia, benthamianus -a -um, benthamii for George Bentham<br />
(1800–84) author of Genera Plantarum, with Sir Joseph Hooker (Benthamia <br />
Cornus)<br />
Benzoin, benzoin from an Arabic or Semitic name, luban-jawi, signifying Javanese<br />
perfume or gum<br />
Berberidopsis resembling Berberis, Berberis-opsis<br />
berberifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Berberis<br />
Berberis Bar-berry, medieval Latin, barbaris, from an Arabic name for N Africa<br />
(Berberidaceae)<br />
Berchemia for M. Berchem, seventeenth-century French botanist<br />
bergamius -a -um from the Turkish name, beg-armydu (beg-armodi), prince’s pear,<br />
applied to the Bergamot orange (and lemon-mint and Oswego tea)<br />
Bergenia for Karl August von Bergen (1704–60), German physician and botanist of<br />
Frankfurt am Oder<br />
bergeri, bergerianus -a -um for Alwin Berger (1871–1931), Curator of the Hanbury<br />
Garden at La Mortola and writer on succulents<br />
beringensis -is -e from the region around the Bering Sea (named for Vitus Bering)<br />
Berkheya for Jan Le Francq van Berkhey (1729–1812), Dutch botanist<br />
Berlandiera, berlandieri, berlandierianus -a -um for J. L. Berlandier (d. 1851), Belgian<br />
botanist who explored in Texas and Mexico<br />
Berlinia for Andreas Berlin (1746–73) Swedish botanist in W Africa<br />
bermudana, bermudense, bermudiana from Bermuda (however, Sisyrinchium bermudiana<br />
is endemic in Ireland)<br />
bernalensis -is -e from Bernal, New Mexico<br />
bernardii for Sir Charles Bernard of the India <strong>Of</strong>fice, London<br />
berolinensis -is -e from Berlin, Germany (Berolinum)<br />
Berteroa for Carlo Guiseppe L. Bertero (1789–1831), Italian physician and traveller<br />
who died at sea between Tahiti and Chile<br />
berthelotii for Sabin Berthelot (1784–1880), co-author with P. B. Webb of Histoire<br />
Naturelle des Iles Canaries<br />
Bertholletia for Claude-Louis Berthollet (1748–1822), French chemist (Brazil nut)<br />
Bertolonia, bertolonae, bertolonii for A. Bertoloni (1755–1869), Italian botanist and<br />
writer<br />
Berula the Latin name in Marcellus Empyricus<br />
berylinus -a -um having the colour of beryl, berulloj, beryllus<br />
Beschorneria for Friedrich Wilhelm Christian Beschorner (1806–73), German<br />
botanist<br />
bessarabicus -a -um from Ukraine/Moldovia region (Bessarabia)<br />
Bessera, besserianus -a -um for Dr Wilibald Swibert Joseph Gottlieb von Besser<br />
(1782–1842), Professor of Botany at Brody, Ukraine<br />
Besseya For Charles Edwin Bessey (1845–1915), American systematic botanist<br />
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