The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
filipendulinus -a -um somewhat like Filipendula<br />
filipendulus -a -um hanging by threads, fili-pendulus<br />
filipes slender-stemmed, with thread-like stalks, fili-pes<br />
Filix Latin for fern<br />
filix-femina (foemina) female fern, filix-(femina, feminae)<br />
filix-fragilis brittle-fern, filix-fragilis<br />
filix-mas masculine (male) fern, filix-(mas, maris)<br />
fimbri- fringe-, fringed-, fimbriae, fimbriarum<br />
fimbriatulus -a -um finely fringed, diminutive of fimbriatus<br />
fimbriatus -a -um with a fringe, fringed, fimbriae, fimbriarum<br />
fimbripetalus -a -um having fringed petal-margins, fimbri-petalus<br />
Fimbristylis Fringed-styled, fimbri-stilus<br />
finisterrae from Finisterre range of mountains, Papua New Guinea (end of the<br />
land)<br />
finitimus -a -um neighbouring, adjoining, akin, related, finitimus (linking related<br />
taxa)<br />
finmarchicus -a -um from Finnmark county, N Norway<br />
Firmiana for Karl Joseph von Firmian (1716–82), Governor of Lombardy<br />
firmipes strong-stemmed, stout-stemmed, firmus-pes<br />
firmulus -a -um quite firm or strong, diminutive of firmus<br />
firmus -a -um strong, firm, lasting, firmus<br />
fiscellarius -a -um resembling a wicker basket, intertwined, fiscella, fiscellae<br />
fischeri, fischerianus -a -um for either Friedrich Ernest Ludwig von Fischer<br />
(1782–1854), Director of the Botanic Garden at St Petersburg, or Walter Fischer,<br />
who collected cacti c. 1914<br />
Fischeria, fischeri for Dr Fischer of the Botanic Garden, St Petersburg<br />
fissi-, fissilis -is -e cleft, divided, splitting, fissum, fissi-<br />
Fissidens Split-teeth, fissi-dens (the 16 divided peristome teeth)<br />
fissifolius -a -um with deeply split leaf blades, fissi-folium<br />
fissipedus -a -um having a stalk divided near the base, fissi-pes<br />
fissistipulus -a -um with split stipules, fissi-(stipula, stipula)<br />
fissuratus -a -um having slits, findo, findere, fidi, fissum<br />
fissus -a -um, -fissus cleft almost to the base, findo, findere, fidi, fissum<br />
fistulosus -a -um, fistulus -a -um hollow, pipe-like, tubular, fistular, fistula<br />
Fittonia for Elizabeth and Sarah Mary Fitton, nineteenth-century botanical writers<br />
Fitzroya For Robert FitzRoy RN (1805–65), commander of the Beagle for the Survey<br />
Expedition to Patagonia<br />
flabellaris -is -e, flabellatus -a -um fan-like, fan-shaped, flabellate, flabellum, flabelliflabellifer<br />
-era -erum fan-bearing, flabellum-fero (with flabellate leaves)<br />
flabellifolius -a -um with fan-shaped leaves, flabelli-folium<br />
flabelliformis -is -e pleated fanwise, flabelli-forma<br />
flabellulatus -a -um resembling a small fan, diminutive of flabellum<br />
flaccatus -a -um flaccid, flabby, flacceo, flaccere<br />
flaccid- sagging, flagging, weakening, flacceo, flaccere<br />
flaccidifolius -a -um having soft or flaccid leaves, flaccidus-folium<br />
flaccidior more limp or feeble, comparative of flaccus<br />
flaccidissimus -a -um most sagging or feeble, superlative of flaccidus<br />
flaccidus -a -um limp, weak, feeble, soft, flabby, flaccid, flaccidus<br />
flaccospermus -a -um with flacca-like seeds (Carex)<br />
flaccus -a -um drooping, pendulous, flabby, flacceo, flaccere (flap-eared)<br />
Flacourtia for Etienne de Flacourt (1607–61), French E India Company<br />
(Flacourtiaceae)<br />
Flagellaria Tendrilled, flagellum (the leaves often have tendrillar apices)<br />
flagellaris -is -e, flagellatus -a -um, flagelli- with long thin shoots, whip-like, stoloniferous,<br />
flagellus , flagelliflagelliferus<br />
-a -um bearing whips, flagelli-fero (elongate stems of New Zealand tripme-up<br />
sedge)<br />
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