The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
biformis -is -e having two shapes (the parental segregates of Rumex pratensis)
bifrons having a double garland of leaves, two-boughed, bi-(frons, frondis)
bifurcatus -a -um divided into equal limbs, bifurcate, bi-(furca, furcae)
Bigelovia, bigelowii for Dr John M. Bigelow (1804–78), American pharmacist and
botanist who worked on the Mexican Boundary Mission
bigibbus -a -um having two humps, bi-(gibbus, gibbi)
biglandulosus -a -um with two glands, two-glandular, bi-glandulae (male florets of
Euphorbia)
biglumis -is -e with two glumes, bi-gluma (Juncus)
Bignonia (Bignona) for Abbé Jean Paul Bignon (1662–1743), librarian to Louis XIV
(Bignoniaceae)
bignoniaceus -a -um, bignonioides Bignonia-like, Bignonia-oides
biharamulensis -is -e from Biharamulo, at the SW end of Lake Victoria, Tanzania
bijugans, bijugus -a -um two-together, twin yoked, bi-(-iugis, iugus) (staminal
arrangement or leaves with two pairs of leaflets)
bilamellatus -a -um having two flat ridges, with two lamellae, double-gilled, bilamellatus
bilateralis -is -e bilateral, zygomorphic, having two (mirror image) sides, bi-latus
bilimbi an Indian vernacular name for the cucumber-tree (Averrhoa bilimbi)
biliottii for Alfred Biliotti, British Consul and collector at Trabzon, Turkey
-bilis -is -e -able, -capable, habilis
Billardiera, billardierei (billardierii) for Jaques Julien Houtou de la Billardière
(1755–1834), French botanist
Billbergia for J. G. Billberg (1772–1844), Swedish botanist (angel’s tears)
billbergioides resembling Billbergia, Billbergia-oides
billotii for Paul Constant Billot (1796–1863), Professor of Botany at Hagenau,
Alsace
bilobatus -a -um, bilobus -a -um two-lobed, bi-lobus (see Fig. 8a)
bimaculatus -a -um having two conspicuous spots, bi-macula
binatus -a -um with two leaflets, bifoliate, paired, bini, binae, bina, binatus
binervis -is -e two-veined, bi-vena
binervosus -a -um two-veined-ish, two vein patterns, bi-(nervus, nervi) (1- to
3-veined)
binnendijkii for S. Binnendijk (1821–83), of the Bogor Botanic Garden, Java
binocularis -is -e two-eyed, marked with two eye-like spots, bini-(oculus, oculi)
-bios, bio- life, bioj, bio-(biow, biwsij, biosis or mode of life)
Biophytum Life-plant, bio-futon (sensitive leaves)
Biorhiza Root-liver, bio-riza (gall midge females lays eggs in rootlets)
bioritsensis -is -e from Biarritz, France
-biosis -living, -mode of life, biwsij
Biota Of-life or of-bows, bioj ( Platycladus)
bipartitus -a -um almost completely divided into two, bi-(partio, partire, partivi, partitum;
partior, partiri)
bipinnatifidus -a -um twice-divided but not to the rachis, bi-pinnatus-(findo, findere,
fidi, fissum) (leaves)
bipinnatus -a -um twice-pinnate, bi-pinnatus (leaves)
bipulvinaris -is -e with two cushions, having a double pulvinus, with two-pulvinate
petioles, bi-(pulvinus, pulvini)
bipunctatus -a -um two-spotted, bi-(pungo, pungere, pupugi, punctum)
birameus -a -um two-branched, bi-(ramus, rami) (inflorescence)
birostratus -a -um having two beaks, bi-(rostrum, rostri) (spurs or nectaries)
birschelii for F. W. Birschel, who collected plants for Kew in Caracas c. 1854
Biscutella, biscutellus -a -um Two-small-trays, bi-scutella (the walls of the dehisced
fruit)
bisectus -a -um cut into two parts, bi-(seco, secare, secui, sectum)
bisepalus -a -um having two sepals, having a double calyx, bi-sepalum
biseptus -a -um twice-hedged, partitioned into two, bi-septum
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