The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
Dactyloctenium Digitate-Ctenium, daktuloj-ktenoj (the Ctenium-like spikes are
aggregated into an umbellate head)
Dactyloglossum the composite name for hybrids between Dactylorchis and
Coeloglossum
dactyloides finger-like-, daktuloj-oeidhj
dactylon finger, daktuloj (the narrow spike-like branches of the inflorescence)
Dactylopsis Fingered-looking, daktuloj-oyij (the succulent leaves)
Dactylorchis Finger orchid, daktuloj-orxij (the palmate arrangement of the roottubers)
daedaleus -a -um skilful craft, for Daedalus the inventor and craftsman of mythology;
curiously fashioned, daidaleoj, daedalus (the leaf apex division)
Daemonorops Devil-shrub, daimonoj-rwy (palms armed with thorns), daimwn, daimonoj
also translates as divine, death, guardian or fate
daemonus -a -um of genius, fate or superstition, daimwn, daimonioj
daghestanicus -a -um from the Dagestan republic on the W shore of the Caspian Sea
daguensis -is -e from the area of the Dagua river, W Colombia
Dahlgrenodendron Dahlgren’s-tree, for Rolf Martin Theodore Dahlgren (1932–87),
Swedish systematic botanist, botanical Latin from Dahlgren and dendron
Dahlia for Andreas Dahl (1751–89), Swedish student under Linnaeus
dahliae of or upon Dahlia species (Entyloma smut fungus)
dahuricus -a -um, dauricus -a -um, davuricus -a -um from Dauria, NE Asia, near
Chinese–Mongolian–Siberian borders
Dais Torch, daij (the inflorescence of the pompon tree, and some suggest heat, for
the caustic bark)
daisenensis -is -e from Dai Sen, Honshu, Japan
Dalbergaria for Karl Theodore Frieherr von Dalberg (1744–1817), statesman, cleric
and Grand Duke of Frankfurt
Dalbergia for Nicholas (Nils) Dalberg (1736–1820), Swedish physician and
botanist, and his brother Carl Gustav, who collected in the W Indies
Dalea for Dr Samuel Dale (1659–1739), English physician, botanist and writer,
friend of John Ray
dalecarlicus -a -um from Dalarna province of Central Sweden (Dalecarlia)
Dalechampia, dalechampii for James Dalechamp (Jacques d’Alechamps) (1513–88),
French physician and botanist, author of Historia generalis plantarum 1587
dalhousiae for Countess Dalhousie (1786–1839), Vicereine of India
Dalhousiea for James Andrew Broun Ramsay (1812–78), tenth Earl Dalhousie,
Viceroy of British India
dalmaticus -a -um from Dalmatia, eastern Adriatic, Dalmatian
Dalzellia for Nicholas Alexander Dalzell (1817–78), Scottish botanist in India
Dalzielia for John McEwen Dalziel (1872–1948), of W African Medical Service and
RBG Kew
damaranus -a -um from Damaraland, Namibia (or that part now occupied by the
Bergdama people (Damara))
damascenus -a -um from Damascus, Syria; coloured like Rosa damascena
Damasonium a name, damasonion, in Pliny for Alisma
Dammara, dammara from an Indo-Malayan vernacular name, damar minyak, for
the varnish-resin obtained from Agathis loranthifolia (Dammara orientalis) and
several other genera
Damnacanthus Damaging-thorned-one, modern Latin damnosus-acanthus
Dampiera for Captain William Dampier (1651–1715), Royal Navy circumnavigator,
author of A New Voyage Around The World (1697)
Danaë for Danaë, the daughter of Acrisius Persius, King of Argos, in Greek
mythology
Danaea (Danaa) for J. P. M. Dana (1734–1801), Italian botanist
danfordiae for Mrs C. G. Danford, who collected Crocus etc in Asia Minor
c. 1876–9
danicus -a -um from Denmark, Danish (Dania)
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