The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Bucklandia for William Buckland (1784–1856), geology professor at Oxford and<br />
Dean of Westminster<br />
Buckleya for S. B. Buckley (1809–84), American botanist<br />
Buda an Adansonian name of no meaning<br />
Buddleia (Buddleja) for Reverend Adam Buddle (c. 1660–1715), English vicar and<br />
botanist of Farnbridge (Buddleiaceae)<br />
buddlejifolius -a -um with Buddleia-like foliage, Buddleia-folium<br />
buddlejoides, buddleoides resembling Buddleia, Buddleia-oides<br />
buergerianus -a -um, buergeri for Thomas J. Buertgers (c. 1881), collector in Kaiser<br />
Wilhelmsland<br />
buffonius -a -um for Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon (1707–88), French<br />
evolutionist and author of Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière<br />
bufo, bufonius -a -um of the toad, bufo (living in damp places)<br />
bugeacensis -is -e from the Bugeac Plain, S. Moldova<br />
Buglossoides bugloss-like, bouglwssoj-oeidhj<br />
buglossus -a -um ox-tongued, bouglwssoj, (the Greek name for an Anchusa, referring<br />
to the rough-textured leaves, bugloss is Lycopsis arvensis)<br />
bugula the apothecaries’ name for bugle, Ajuga reptans<br />
bugulifolius -a -um with Ajuga or bugle-like leaves, Bugula- folium<br />
bukobanus -a -um from Bukoba, Tanzania<br />
bukoensis -is -e from Buka Island, Papua New Guinea<br />
bulbi-,bulbo- bulb-, bulbous-, bulbus, bolboj, bolbobulbifer<br />
-era -erum, bulbigerus -era -erum carrying bulbs, bulbus-fero, bulbus-gero<br />
(often when these take the place of normal flowers)<br />
bulbigenus -a -um arising from bulbs, bulb-borne, bulbus-genus (Drosera)<br />
bulbilliferus -a -um bearing bulbils, bulbillus-fero (small usually aerial bulb-like<br />
propagules)<br />
Bulbine Little-bulb, diminutive from bolboj, the Greek name for a bulb<br />
Bulbinella, bulbinellus -a -um diminutive of Bulbine (Maori onion, B. hookeri)<br />
bulbispermus -a -um producing ‘seed bulbs’ or offsets of the parent bulb, bolbojsperma<br />
Bulbocastanum, bulbocastanus -a -um Chestnut-brown-bulbed, bolbo-kastanon (the<br />
tuber)<br />
bulbocodioides resembling Bulbocodium, bolboj-kodeia-oeidhj<br />
Bulbocodium Bulb-headed, bolboj-kodeia (the inflorescence)<br />
Bulbophyllym Bulb-leafed, bolboj-fullon (the pseudobulb is surmounted by the<br />
leaf)<br />
Bulbostylis Bulbous-styled, bolboj-stuloj<br />
bulbosus -a -um swollen, having bulbs, bulbous, bolboj<br />
bulgaricus -a -um from Bulgaria, Bulgarian<br />
bullatifolius -a -um having puckered leaves, bullate-leaved, bulla-folius<br />
bullatus -a -um puckered, blistered, bullate, with knobbles, bulla (also signifies<br />
adolescence, wearing the bulla of childhood)<br />
bulleyeanus -a -um for A. K. Bulley (1861–1942), rock-plant specialist of Ness,<br />
Cheshire<br />
bulliarda for P. Bulliard (1752–93), French mycologist<br />
bullulatus -a -um with small bumps or blisters, diminutive of bulla, bullae<br />
bumalda for Josepheus Antonius Bumaldus Ovidio Montalbani (1601–71), botanical<br />
writer of Bologna<br />
bumammus -a -um with cow-like teats, having large tubercles, botanical Latin from<br />
bou and mamma<br />
Bumelia an ancient Greek name for an ash tree<br />
-bundus -a -um suffix implying -having the capacity for, or -copiously<br />
bungadinia a vernacular name, bunga diniyah, for sacred flower<br />
bungeanus -a -um, bungei for A. von Bunge (1813–66), herbalist of Kiev, Ukraine<br />
Bunias, bunias Linnaean generic name from the Greek name, bouniaj, for a kind of<br />
turnip; reapplied as an epithet for Antidesma bunias<br />
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