The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
clavicornis -is -e having club-shaped horns, (clavus, clavi)-cornu<br />
Clavicorona Club-shaped-crown, (clavus, clavi)-corona (the fruiting body)<br />
claviculatus -a -um tendrilled, having vine-like tendrils, clavicula, claviculae<br />
claviformis -is -e club-shaped, (clavus, clavi)-forma<br />
clavigerus -a -um club-bearing, (clavus, clavi)-gero<br />
Clavija for Don José de Viera y Clavijo (1731–1813), Spanish translator of Buffon’s<br />
works<br />
Clavinodus Knotted-noded-one, (clavus, clavi)-nodus (Clavinodus oedogonatum)<br />
clavipes club-stalked, (clavus, clavi)-pes<br />
clavularis -is -e, clavulatus -a -um like a small nail, diminutive of clavus<br />
Clavulina Little-club, Little-nail, feminine diminutive of clavus, clavi<br />
Clavulinopsis Resembling-Clavulina<br />
Claytonia, claytonianus -a -um for John Clayton (1686–1773), British physician and<br />
botanist in America<br />
Cleistanthus, cleistanthus -a -um Hidden-flower, kleisto-anqoj (concealed by<br />
prominent, hairy bracts)<br />
cleio-, cleisto- shut-, closed-, kleiw, kleistoj, kleisto-<br />
Cleistocactus Closed-cactus, kleistoj-cactus (the flowers barely open)<br />
cleistocarpus -a -um enclosed fruit, kleisto-karpoj<br />
cleistogamus -a -um closed-marriage, kleisto-gamoj (self-fertilization occurs before<br />
anthesis)<br />
Cleistopholis Closed-scales, kleisto-folij (the arrangement of the inner petals)<br />
Cleistostoma Closed-mouth, kleisto-stoma (entrance to spur is obstructed)<br />
-clema vine-twig, shoot, branch, klhma<br />
clematideus -a -um like vine twigs, klhmatidoj<br />
clematiflorus -a -um Clematis-flowered, Clematis-florus<br />
Clematis the Greek name, klhmatij, for several climbing plants, diminutive of<br />
klhma, a vine shoot<br />
clematitis -is -e with long vine-like branches, brushwood, vine-like, Dioscorides’<br />
name aristoloxeia klhmatitij<br />
Clematoclethra Climbing-Clethra (resembles Clethra but climbs like Clematis)<br />
Clematopsis Resembling-Clematis, klhmatij-oyij<br />
clemens, clementis -is -e mild, gentle, merciful, clemens, clementis (not thorny)<br />
clementinae for the wife of George Forrest, collector in China (the hybrid Citrus called<br />
a Clementine commemorates Father Clément, who raised it c.1900 at Oran, Algeria)<br />
Cleome a name used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus (spider flower)<br />
cleomifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of spider flowers, Cleome-folium<br />
Clerodendron (um) Chance-tree, klero-dendron (early names for Ceylonese species<br />
arbor fortunata and arbor infortunata)<br />
Clethra ancient Greek name, klhqrh, for alder (similarity of the leaves of sweet<br />
pepper bush) (Clethraceae)<br />
clethroides resembling Clethra, klhqrh-oeidhj<br />
Cleyera for Andrew Cleyer, seventeenth-century physician working for the Dutch<br />
East India Company<br />
Clianthus Glory-flower, kleoj-anqoj (parrot’s bill)<br />
clidanthus -a -um wanton, delicate, fine, beautiful, klidh-anqoj<br />
Clidemia for Kleidemys, ancient Greek botanist<br />
cliffordiae for Lady de Clifford (d. 1845) of London<br />
Cliffortia for George Clifford (1685–1760), whose Amsterdam garden plants were<br />
recorded in Linnaeus’ Hortus Cliffortianus, 1737<br />
cliffortioides resembling (Nothofagus) cliffortii<br />
Cliftonia for William Clifton, eighteenth-century lawer and Attorney General of<br />
the state of Georgia<br />
cliftonii for J. Talbot Clifton of Lytham Hall, Lancashire<br />
Clino- prostrate-, bed-, klinh<br />
Clinopodium, clinopdius -a -um Bed-foot, klinh-podion (Dioscorides’ name, klinopodion,<br />
for the knob-shaped appearance of the inflorescence)<br />
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