The Names Of Plants.pdf

The Names of Plants
bolivianus -a -um, boliviensis -is -e from Bolivia, S America
Bollea, bolleana for Carl Bolle (1821–1909), Berlin dendrologist
bollwyllerianus -a -um, bollwylleri of Bollwyller, Alsace
Boltonia for James B. Bolton (d. 1799), English botanist
-bolus -a -um -throwing, bolh, bolij, bolidoj
Bolusanthus, Bolusiella, bolusii Bolus’-flower, for Harry Bolus (1834–1911), writer
on the flora of S Africa
Bomarea for Jacques Christophe Valmont de Bomare (1731–1807), of Paris
bombaciflorus -a -um silk-flowered, with Bombax-like flowers, bombyx-florum
Bombax Silk, bombuc or bombyx, a silkworm (for the kapok covering of the seeds)
(Bombacaceae)
bombicis -is -e, bombici- of silk, silk- (silkworms, bombyx, bombycis, feed on Morus
bombycis)
bombyciferus -a -um silk-bearing, bombyx-fero
bombycinus -a -um silky, with silky hairs, bombycinus
bombyliferus -a -um bearing bumble bees, with bee-like flowers, bombyx-fero
bombyliflorus -a -um bumble-bee flowered, bombyx-florum
bona-nox good night, bonus-(nox, noctis) (night-flowering)
bonariensis -is -e from Buenos Aires, Argentina (Bonaria)
bonarota, bonarotianus -a -um for Michel Angelo Buonarotti (1475– 1564), of
Florence, in whose garden was found Tulipa bonarotiana
bondaensis -is -e from Bondi, Australia
bonduc the Arabic vernacular name, bonduq, for a nut
bonensis -is -e from Bon, Chad, C Africa
Bongardia for Heinrich Gustav Bongard (1786–1839), German botanist
boninensis -is -e from Bonin Island, SE Japan
bononiensis -is -e from either Boulogne, France or Bologna, N Italy (both having the
Roman name Bononia)
Bonplandia, bonplandii for Aimé J. A. Bonpland (1773–1858), authority on the flora
of Tropical America
Bonstedtia for Carl Bonstedtia (1866–1953) Gartenoberinspektor at Göttingen
bonus -a -um good, bonus (in various senses, see melior, comparative, and optimus,
superlative)
bonus-henricus good King Henry, an apothecaries’ name to identify it from malus
henricus, a poisonous plant (allgood or mercury)
Boophone Ox-killer, boo-fonh (narcotic property)
boothii for either H. Booth, gardener c. 1864, or T. J. Booth, collector in Assam and
Bhutan c. 1850
boottianus -a -um, boottii for Fr C. M. Boott (1792–1863), American physician and
botanist
Borago Shaggy-coat, burra with feminine suffix (the leaves) (Boraginaceae)
boranensis -is -e of the lands of the Oroma people (Borana) of S Ethiopia
Boraphila North-lover, boreaj-filoj
Borassus from Linnaeus’ name for the spathe of the date palm, bora, food
borbasii for Vincenz von Borbas (1844–1905), Hungarian Director of the Botanic
Garden at Klaustenburg (Cluj-Napoca), Romania
Borbonia, borbonianus -a -um for Gaston Jean Baptiste de Bourbon (1608–60), the
Duke of Orleans, third son of Henry IV of France, patron of botany
borbonicus -a -um from Réunion Island (Ile de Bourbon), Indian Ocean
borealis -is -e of the North wind, northern, of the North, boreaj, boreas, boreae
Boreava, boreaui for Alexander Boreau (1801–75), Belgian botanist director of the
Angers Botanic Garden and author of Flore du centre de la France
borinquenus -a -um from Puerto Rico (Amerindian name, Borinquen)
boris-regis for King Boris III of Bulgaria (1894–1943)
borneensis -is -e from Borneo Island
Bornmeullera, bornmuelleri for J. Franz N. Bornmueller (1862–1948), Hanoverian
botanist
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