The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Engelmannia, engelmannii for Georg Engelmann (1809–84), physician and author<br />
on American plants<br />
Englera, Englerastrum, Englerella, engleri, englerianus -a -um for Heinrich Gustav<br />
Adolf Engler (1844–1930), systematist and director of Berlin (Dahlem) Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
enki- swollen-, pregnant-, egkuoj<br />
Enkianthus Pregnant-flower, egkuoj-anqoj (the coloured involucre full of flowers)<br />
ennea- nine-, ennea, enneenneacanthus<br />
-a -um having thorns in groups of nine, enne-akanqoj<br />
enneagonus -a -um nine-angled, ennea-gwnia<br />
enneandrus -a -um having nine stamens, enne-anhr<br />
enneaphyllos, enneaphyllus -a -um nine-leaved, ennea-fullon<br />
Enneapogon Nine-bearded, ennea-pwgwn (the lemmas are divided into nine awns)<br />
enneaspermus -a -um nine-seeded, ennea-sperma<br />
enodis -is -e without knots or nodes, smooth, e-(nodus, nodi)<br />
enoplus -a -um armed, having spines, enoplioj, enoploj<br />
enormis -is -e irregular, immense, enormis<br />
enotatus -a -um worthy of note, enoto, enotare; unmarked, unbranded, e-(noto,<br />
notare, notavi, notatum)<br />
ensatus -a -um, ensi- sword-shaped, ensis (leaves)<br />
Ensete, ensete from the Abyssinian vernacular for Musa ensete<br />
ensifolius -a -um with sword-shaped leaves, shaped like a sword, (ensis, ensis)-folius<br />
ensiformis -is -e having sword-shaped leaves, ensis-forma<br />
-ensis -is -e -belonging to, -from, -of (adjectival suffix after the name of a place)<br />
Entada Adanson’s use of a Malabar vernacular name<br />
Entelea Complete, entelhj (all stamens are fertile)<br />
entero- intestine-, gut-, entrails, enteron, entero-<br />
Enterolobium Entrail-pod, entero-loboj (the spiral pods)<br />
Enteropogon Intestine-bearded, entero-pwgwn (the long curved spikes)<br />
ento on the inside-, inwards-, within-, entoj, ento-<br />
Entolasia Woolly-within, ento-lasioj (the villous upper lemma)<br />
entomo-, entom- insecto-, entomon (because they are entomoj, cut into segments)<br />
entomanthus -a -um insect-flowered, entomon-anqoj (floral structure)<br />
entomophilus -a -um of insects, insect-loving, entomon-filoj<br />
Enydra Water-dweller, enudroj (enudrij an otter)<br />
enysii for J. D. Enys (1837–1912), who introduced Carmichaelia enysii to Britain<br />
eo-, eos- of the dawn-, morning-, eastern-, early, for some time, ewj, hwj, hoj (ewjforoj<br />
bringer of dawn, morning star)<br />
eocarpus -a -um fruiting early, fruiting for some time, ewj-karpoj<br />
Eocene new dawn, ewj-kainoj<br />
Eomecon Eastern-poppy, ewj-mhkwn<br />
ep-, epi- upon-, on-, over-, towards-, somewhat-, epiepacridea<br />
like Epacris<br />
epacrideus -a -um similar to Epacris<br />
epacridoideum resembling Epacris<br />
Epacris Upon-the-summit, epi-akra (some live on hilltops) (Epacridaceae)<br />
Epeteium Annual, epeteioj<br />
epetiolatus -a -um lacking petioles, e-petiolus<br />
Ephedra from an ancient Greek name, efedroj (epi-edra), used in Pliny for Hippuris<br />
(morphological similarity) (shrubby horsetails)<br />
ephedroides resembling Ephedra, Ephedra-oides<br />
ephemerus -a -um transient, ephemeral, efhmerioj<br />
ephesius -a -um from Ephesus, site of the temple to Diana, Turkey<br />
ephippius -a -um having a saddle-like depression, ephippium (concavity in a cylindrical<br />
structure)<br />
epi- on, upon, at, by, near, with, in presence of, epiepibulbon<br />
produced on a bulb or pseudobulb, epi-bulbus<br />
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