The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
grignonensis -is -e from Grignon, France<br />
Grindelia for David Hieronymus Grindel (1766–1836), Latvian physician and<br />
botanist of Dorpat, Riga, professor at Tartu (Californian gum)<br />
Grisebachia, grisebachianus -a -um, grisebachii for Heinrich Rudolf August<br />
Grisebach (1814–79), Professor of Botany at Göttingen, traveller in Balkans and S<br />
America<br />
Griselinia for Francesco Griselini (1717–83), Italian botanist<br />
griseoargenteus -a -um silvery-grey-coloured. griseo-angentus<br />
griseofulvus -a -um silvery-reddish-yellow, griseo-fulvus (griseofulvin is used to<br />
treat fungal infections of the hair)<br />
griseolilacinus -a -um silvery-lilac-coloured, griseo-lilacinus<br />
griseolus -a -um somewhat greyish, diminutive of griseus<br />
griseopallidus -a -um pearly-coloured, griseo-pallidus<br />
griseus -a -um, (grizeus) bluish- or pearl-grey, griseus, griseo- (relates with grizzled)<br />
Grobya for Lord Grey of Groby, English orchidologist and horticultural patron<br />
Groenlandia for Johannes Groenland (1824–91), German Parisian gardener<br />
(Potamogeton-like aquatic)<br />
groenlandicus -a -um from Grønland, Greenland (Groenlandia)<br />
Gronovia for Johan Frederik Grovovius (1690–1760), botanist of Leiden, Holland,<br />
author of Flora Virginica (1739–43)<br />
grosse-, grossi- very large, thick, coarse, from French gros, grosse, late Latin grossus<br />
grossefibrosus -a -um being coarsely fibrous, grossus-fibrosus<br />
grosseserratus -a -um having large teeth, grossus-serratus (leaf margin)<br />
Grossularia, grossularia modern Latin from the French name, groseille, for the<br />
gooseberry (Grossulariaceae)<br />
grossularifolius -a -um Grossularia-leaved, Grossularia-folium<br />
grossularioides, grossuloides gooseberry-like, Grossularia-oides<br />
grossus -a -um large, late Latin grossus<br />
Grubbia for Mikael Grubb (1728–1808), Swedish mineralogist and botanist, collector<br />
in the Cape area of S Africa (Grubbiaceae)<br />
gruinus -a -um crane-like, grus, gruis<br />
grumosus -a -um appearing as clusters of grains, tubercled, granular, grumus, a<br />
little hill<br />
gryllus -a -um of the cricket, gryllus (haunt and scabrid texture)<br />
grypoceras griffin-horned, grupoj-keraj (gruy, grupoj, gryps, grypis a griffin)<br />
grypos griffin-like, grypis (the inflorescence of distant star-shaped spikes)<br />
gryposepalus -a -um having hooked sepal-apices, grypis-sepalus<br />
guacayanus -a -um from the area of the Guacaya river (named for the many gaucas,<br />
Colombian Indian graves, plundered for gold artefacts)<br />
guadalupensis -is -e from Guadeloupe Island off lower California, USA, or from<br />
any of at least 10 other Guadeloupe states, counties, towns, rivers, mountains or<br />
islands<br />
Guaiacum from the S American name, guayac, for the wood of life (lignum vitae)<br />
tree and its resin<br />
guaianiensis -is -e from the Guainia department of E Colombia<br />
guajava S American Spanish name, guayaba, for the guava, Psidium guajava<br />
guamensis -is -e from Guam, Marianas island, S Pacific Ocean<br />
Guamatela anagram of Guatemala<br />
Guarea a S American vernacular name, guara, for one species<br />
Guatteria for Giovanni Battista Guatteri, eighteenth-century Italian botanist<br />
guaricanus -a -um, guaraniticus -a -um of the Guarani, S American Indians, of the<br />
Venezuelan Guarico area<br />
guatamalensis -is -e from Guatemala, Central America<br />
guavirobus -a -um from a Tupi-Guarani vernacular for the fruit of Campomanesia<br />
guaviroba<br />
Guayania of the Guyana Highlands, Guyana region of the Guianas, northern<br />
S America<br />
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