The Names Of Plants.pdf

The Names of Plants
biserialis -is -e having two ranks, rows or sequences, bi-(series, seriem) (of leaves or
floral parts)
biserratus -a -um twice-saw-toothed, double-toothed, bi-serra (leaf margin teeth
themselves toothed)
bisetaeus -a -um, bisetus -a -um two-bristled, bi-saeta (calyx plicae of Gentiana)
bispinosus -a -um, bispinus -a -um two-spined, with paired thorns, bi-(spinus, spini)
bisporus -a -um having two spores, bi-spora (basidia of Agaricus typically have four
spores)
bisquamatus -a -um two-scaled, bi-(squama, squamae) (the calyx lobes)
Bistorta, bistortus -a -um twice twisted, bis-(torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum) the
medieval name (for the rhizomes, some say for the inflorescences)
bistortoides resembling bistort, Bistorta-oides
bisulcatus -a -um, bisulcus -a -um with two grooves, cloven, bi-(sulcus, sulci)
bisumbelatus -a -um twice-umbellate, having an umbel of umbels, bis-(umbella,
umbellae) (e.g. the compound umbels of many Apiaceae)
bisuntinus -a -um from Besançon, France (Vesontio, Bisuntinus)
bitchiuensis -is -e, bitchuensis -is -e from Bitchu province, Japan
biternatus -a -um twice ternate, with three lobes each divided into three, bi-ternatus
(leaves or inflorescences)
bithynicus -a -um from Turkey (Bithynia, Paphlagonia, NW Anatolia)
bitorquis -is -e two-necklaced, bi-torquatus (the stipe of Agaricus bitorquis has two
separate sheathing rings)
bituminosus -a -um tarry, clammy, adhesive, smelling of tar, bitumen, bituminis
biunciferus -a -um, biuncinatus -a -um bearing two hooks, with paired hooks, bi-
(uncus, unci)-fero (e.g. the hooked leaves of Dioncophyllaceae)
bivalvis -is -e two-valved, botanical Latin bi-valva (literally, two folding doors)
bivittatus -a -um with two headbands, two-banded, bi-(vitta, vittae) (e.g.
Cryptanthus leaf stripes)
bivonae for Antonio de Bivona-Bernardi (1774–1837), Sicilian botanist and author
of Sicularum Plantarum (1806)
Bixa from a S American native name for Bixa orellana, the annatto tree (Bixaceae)
Blackstonia for John Blackstone (1712–53), English apothecary and botanical
writer
Blaeria for Patrick Blair (1666–1728), Scottish surgeon and botanical writer
blagayanus -a -um for Count Blagay, who discovered Rheum ribes c. 1837
blandaeformis -is -e, blandiformis -is -e having an attractive shape or appearance,
blandus-forma
Blandfordia, blandfordii for George Spencer-Churchill (1766–1840), Marquis of
Blandford
blandulus -a -um quite pleasing, diminutive of blandus
blandus -a -um pleasing, alluring, not harsh, bland, blandor, blandire, blanditus
blastophorus -a -um sprouting, suckering, blastoj-fora
-blastos, -blastus -a -um -shoot, -sprout, bud, growth, blastoj
Blattaria, blattarius -a -um an ancient Latin name in Pliny, cockroach-like, blatta,
blattarae
Blatti an Adansonian name, Sonneratia (Blattiaceae)
blechnoides similar to Blechnum, Blechnum-oides, blhxnon-oeidhj
Blechnum the Greek name, blhxnon, for a fern (Blechnaceae)
-blemmus -a -um -suggesting, -looking, blemma
blennius -a -um, blennus -a -um slimy, mucus-like, blennoj (sticky surface texture)
blepharicarpus -a -um having fringed fruit, blefaro-karpoj
blephariglossus -a -um having a fringed tongue or lip, blefaro-glwssa
Blepharis Eyelash, blefarij (the fringed bracts and bracteoles)
blepharistes resembling Blepharis, with a pronounced eyelash-like fringe, blefarij
blepharo- fringe-, eyelash-, blefarij, blefaroblepharocalyx
having a fringed calyx, blefaro-kaluc
blepharophyllus -a -um with fringed leaves, blefaro-fullon
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