The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Daniellia, daniellii for Dr D. Daniell who collected in Sierra Leone and Senegal c.<br />
1840–53, or William Freeman Daniell (1818–65), collector in W Indies and China<br />
Danthonia, danthonii for Etienne Danthoine (fl. 1788), student of the grasses of<br />
Provence, France<br />
Danthonidium Little-Danthonia, diminutive of Danthonia<br />
Danthoniopsis Danthonia-like, botanical Latin from Danthonia and oyij<br />
danubialis -is -e, danuviensis -is -e from the upper Danube (Danuvius)<br />
Daphne old name for bay-laurel, from that of a Dryad nymph of chastity, Daphne,<br />
in Greek mythology (spurge laurel)<br />
daphneolus -a -um like Daphne<br />
daphnephylloides, daphniphylloides resembling Daphniphyllum<br />
Daphnimorpha With-the form-of Daphne, dafne-morfh<br />
Daphniphyllum Daphne-leaved, dafne-fullon (Daphniphyllaceae)<br />
daphnoides, daphnoideus -a -um resembling Daphne, Daphne-oides<br />
darcyi for John d’Arcy, contemporary collector with James Compton and Martin<br />
Rix in Mexico<br />
dareoides resembling Darea ( Asplenium)<br />
darjeeligensis -is -e from Darjeeling, India<br />
Darlingtonia for William Darlington (1782–1863), American physician, botanist<br />
and mycologist<br />
Darmera for Karl Darmer, nineteenth-century German horticulturist (formerly<br />
Peltiphyllum peltatum)<br />
darwasicus -a -um from the Darvaz range of the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan<br />
Darwinia for Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) author of <strong>The</strong> Botanic Garden and<br />
grandfather of Charles R. Darwin<br />
darwinii for Charles Robert Darwin (1809–82) naturalist and evolutionist, author of<br />
<strong>The</strong> Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection<br />
Darwiniothamnus Darwin’s-shrub, botanical Latin from Darwin and qamnoj, for<br />
Charles Robert Darwin (1809–82)<br />
Dasispermum Thickly-haired-seed, dasu-sperma<br />
Dasistoma Woolly-mouthed, dasu-stoma<br />
dasy- thick-, thickly-hairy-, woolly-, dasuj, dasudasyacanthus<br />
-a -um having thick spines, dasu-akanqa<br />
dasyanthus -a -um with very hairy flowers, dasu-anqoj<br />
dasycarpus -a -um with a thickly hairy ovary, dasu-karpoj<br />
dasychaetus -a -um having a thick mane, with dense hairiness, dasu-xaith<br />
dasyclados shaggy-twigged, dasu-kladoj<br />
Dasylepis Thick-scales, dasu-lepij (the clustered scales on the stout pedicels)<br />
Dasylirion Thick-lily, dasu-leirion (the thick stems)<br />
Dasynotus Hairy-backed, dasu-(nwton, nwtoj) (the throat of the corolla)<br />
dasypetalus -a -um having hairy petals, dasu-petalon<br />
Dasyphyllum, dasyphyllus -a -um Shaggy-leaf, with thickly hairy leaves, dasufullon<br />
Dasypogon Shaggy-beard, dasu-pwgwn<br />
Dasypyrum Rough-wheat, dasu-puroj<br />
Dasystachys, dasystachys Dense-spiked-one, with shaggy spikes, dasu-staxuj<br />
dasystemon with very hairy stamens, dasu-stemon<br />
-dasys -hairy, dasuj, dasudasystylus<br />
-a -um having hairy styles, dasu-stuloj<br />
dasytrichus -a -um thickly haired, dasu-trixoj<br />
datil from the ancient volcanic Datil region of the Colorado plateau, New Mexico<br />
Datisca derivation obscure, dateomai for the divided leaves? (Datiscaceae)<br />
Datura from an Indian vernacular name, dhatura, Sanskrit, dhustura, (Arabic,<br />
tatorali) (thorn apple)<br />
Daubenya for Dr Charles Daubeny (1795–1867), Professor of Chemistry, then<br />
Botany at Oxford<br />
dauci- carrot-like, resembling Daucus<br />
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