The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
glyptodontus -a -um having incised teeth, glupto-odontoj<br />
Glyptopleura Carved-ribs, glupto-pleura (on the walls of the fruits)<br />
glyptospermus -a -um having sculptured seed coats, glupto-sperma<br />
glyptostroboides resembling-Glyptostrobus, Glyptostrobus-oides<br />
Glyptostrobus Carved-cone, glupto-strobiloj (appearance of female cone scales)<br />
Gmelina for Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–55), German naturalist and traveller in<br />
Siberia, professor of botany at Tübingen University<br />
gmelinii for Johann Georg Gmelin (1709–55), and his nephew Samuel Gottlieb<br />
Gmelin (1743–74), German naturalist<br />
Gnaphaliothamnus Gnaphalium-like shrub, gnafallon-qamnoj<br />
Gnaphalium Soft-down, (from a Greek name, gnafallon, for a plant with felted<br />
leaves)<br />
gnaphalobryum like a felt of moss, gnafallo-bruon<br />
gnaphalocarpus -a -um having fruits with a felty surface, gnafallo-karpoj<br />
gnaphaloides felted like Gnaphalium, gnafallon-oeidhj<br />
gnemon from the Malayan vernacular name, genemo, for Gnetum gnemon<br />
gnetaceus -a -um resembling Gnetum<br />
Gnetum from the Malayan vernacular name, genemo, for Gnetum gnemon<br />
(Gnetaceae)<br />
Gnidia, gnidium the Greek name for Daphne, from Gnidus, Crete<br />
gnomus -a -um sundial-like, gnwmwn (the long, conical pseudobulbs)<br />
gobicus -a -um from the Gobi desert area, Mongolia<br />
Godetia for Charles H. Godet (1797–1879), Swiss botanist<br />
Godoya for E. Godoy (1764–1839), Spanish statesman and patron of Botany.<br />
Goethea for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), German philosopher, poet,<br />
anatomist and botanist<br />
Goldbachia for Carl Ludwig Goldbach (1793–1824), writer on Russian medicinal<br />
plants<br />
Gomesa for Bernardino Antonio Gomez (1769–1823), Portuguese naval surgeon<br />
who wrote on medicinal plants of Brazil<br />
gomezoides like Gomesa, Gomesa-oides<br />
Gomphandra Club-stamened-one, gomfoj-anhr<br />
Gomphichis Club-like, gomfoj (the shape of the column)<br />
gompho- peg-, nail-, bolt- or club-shaped, gomfoj, gomfo- (with an enlarged distal<br />
part)<br />
Gomphocarpus Club-fruited-one, gomfoj-karpoj (the shape of the fruit)<br />
gomphocephalus -a -um club-headed, gomfo-kefalh<br />
Gomphogyne Clubbed-stigma, gomfo-gunh<br />
Gompholobium Club-podded-one, gomfoj-loboj (the shape of the inflated fruit)<br />
Gomphostemma Club-headed-wreath, gomfo-stemma (the head of flowers)<br />
Gomphostigma Clubbed-stigma, gomfo-stigma<br />
Gomphrena the ancient Latin name used by Pliny, from gomfraena<br />
Gonatanthus Angled-flower, gonat-anqoj (the bent spathe)<br />
Gonatopus Jointed-stalk, gonato-pouj (the jointed petiole)<br />
-gonatus -a -um -angled, -kneed, gonu, gonatoj, gonato-, gonat-<br />
Gonatostylis Jointed-style, gonato-stuloj<br />
gongolanus -a -um from the environs of the Gongola river basin, NE Nigeria<br />
Gongora for Don Antonio Caballero y Góngora (1740–1818), Viceroy of New<br />
Granada, Bishop of Cordoba, and patron of Jose Celestino Mutis<br />
Gongronema Swollen-thread, goggroj-nhma (the filaments)<br />
Gongrostylus Swollen-style, goggroj-stuloj<br />
Gongylocarpus Knobbly-fruit, goggulh-karpoj<br />
gongylodes roundish, knob-like, swollen, turnip-shaped, goggulh-wdhj<br />
Gongylolepis Domed or rounded-scaled-one, goggulh-lepij<br />
Gongylosciadium Domed-shade, goggulh-skia (the umbrella-shaped umbel)<br />
Gongylosperma Knobbly-seed, goggulh-sperma<br />
goni-, gono- offspring-, bud-, spore-, productive-, gonh, gonoj, gonimoj<br />
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