The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
falklandicus -a -um from the Falkland Islands, S Atlantic<br />
fallacinus somewhat deceptive, diminutive of fallax, fallacis (a Rumex hybrid<br />
epithet)<br />
fallax deceitful, deceptive, false, bent, fallax, fallacis<br />
Fallopia for Gabriello Fallopio (1523–62), Italian surgeon, anatomist and pharmacologist<br />
fallowianus -a -um for George Fallow (1890–1915), of the Botanic Garden,<br />
Edinburgh<br />
Fallugia for Virgilio Fallugi, seventeenth-century Italian botanical writer, Abbot of<br />
Vallombroso<br />
falsotrifolium Falcatula falsotrifolium is a synonym for Trifolium ornithopodioides<br />
(showing an element of uncertainty)<br />
famatimensis -is -e from the high-pampas Sierra de Famatina, Argentina<br />
famelicus -a -um greedy; stunted, starved, hungry, famelicus (cognate with famished)<br />
familiaris -ia -e domestic, common, familia<br />
Faradaya for Michael Faraday (1791–1867), English scientist<br />
farcatus -a -um solid, filled, farcio, farcire, farsi, fartum (not hollow)<br />
farctus -a -um solid, not hollow, farctus<br />
farfara with a mealy surface, a name in Pliny for butterbur (far, faris corn or meal)<br />
Farfugium With-swiftly-passing-flour, far-(fugio, fugere, fugi, fugitum) (early loss of<br />
indumentum)<br />
Fargesia, fargesii for Père Paul Guillaume Farges (1844–1912), plant collector in<br />
Szechwan, China<br />
farinaceus -a -um of mealy texture, yielding farina (starch), farinaceous, farina,<br />
farinae<br />
fariniferus -a -um bearing farina or flour, (farina, farinae)-fero<br />
farinipes with a farinaceous or mealy stalk, (farina, farinae)-(pes, pedis)<br />
farinolens smelling of meal, (farina, farinae)-(oleo, olere, olui)<br />
farinosus -a -um with a mealy surface, mealy, powdery, farina<br />
farleyensis -is -e from Farley Hill Gardens, Barbados, West Indies<br />
farnesianus -a -um from the Farnese Palace gardens of Rome<br />
farorna name for the hybrid Gentiana farreri ornata<br />
Farquharia, farquharianus -a -um for General William Farquhar (1770–1839), of<br />
Singapore<br />
farreri for Reginald J. Farrer (1880–1920), English author and plant hunter<br />
Farsetia for Philip (Filippo) Farseti, Venetian botanist<br />
fasci- band-, burden-, bundle-, fascis (the lictoris who accompanied Roman consuls<br />
or magistrates carried a fascis, bundle of rods with an axe)<br />
fascians fasciating, present participle of fascio, fasciare, fasciavi, fasciatum (bacterium<br />
or other agent causing stem deformity)<br />
fasciarus -a -um elongate and with parallel edges, band-shaped, fascia, fasciae<br />
fasciatus -a -um bound together, bundled, fasciated, fascis, as in the inflorescence of<br />
cockscomb (Celosia argentea ‘cristata’)<br />
Fascicularia Bundle-like, fasciculus (the habit)<br />
fascicularis -is -e, fasciculatus -a -um clustered in bundles, fascicled, fasciculatus<br />
fasciculiflorus -a -um with bundles of flowers, with clustered flowers, fasciculatusflorum<br />
fasciculus -a -um having small groups or bundles, fasciculus<br />
fascinator bewitcher, magician; very interesting, fascino, fascinare<br />
fasciolus -a -um having branches in small tufts, diminutive of fascis<br />
fassoglensis -is -e from Fazughli, the gold-bearing area of Sudan<br />
fastigiatus -a -um with branches erect like the main stem, sloping, fastigiate, fastigate<br />
fastuosus -a -um vain, proud, fastus<br />
fatiflorus -a -um fate or misfortune-flower, fatus, fati (fatifer, fatiferi, deadly)<br />
Fatshedera the composite name for hybrids between Fatsia and Hedera<br />
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