The Names Of Plants.pdf

The Names of Plants
Hornschuchia, hornschuchianus -a -um, hornschuchii for Christian Friedrich
Hornschuch (1793–1850), German bryologist and naturalist, Director of
Greifswald University Botanic Garden
Hornungia for Ernst Gottfried Hornung (1795–1862), German scientific writer
hornus -a -um this year’s, of the current year, hornus
horologicus -a -um with flowers that open and close at set times of day, horologium
(literally, a clock; once a design favourite for floral clocks)
horrens bristling, shaggy, present participle of horreo, horrere, horrui
horribarbis -is -e having a bristly beard, horridus-(barba, barbae)
horridulus -a -um uncouth, protruding a little, somewhat thorny or prickly,
horridus
horridus -a -um very thorny, rough, horridly armed, horridus
horripilus -a -um having erect bristles or spiny hairs, horridus-(pilus, pili)
horsfalliae, horsfalii for Mrs Horsfall (fl. 1830s) of Liverpool
Horsfieldia, horsfieldii for Dr Thomas Horsfield (1773–1859), American physician
and naturalist who collected in Java and Sumatra
Horsfordia for F. H. Horsford, a New England naturalist
Hort used as an authority, for Arthur Hort (1864–1935) (Lychnis flos-jovis and
Globularia meridionalis cultivars bear his name), or Fenton J. A. Hort (1828–1892),
cleric and botanist
hort. used to indicate ‘in the sense of gardeners’ for plant names not agreeing with
the same name attributed to an authority
Hortensia, Hortensis, hortensia A synonym for Hydrangea, for Hortense van Nassau
hortensis -is -e, hortorum cultivated, of the garden, hortus
hortulanus -a -um, hortulanorum of the gardener, of food-producers, hortulanus (the
ornamental gardener was a topiarius)
Horvatia for Adolf Oliver Horvat (b. 1907), Hungarian botanist
hosmariensis -is -e from the mountainous neighbourhood of Beni Hosmar,
Morocco
Hosta, hosteanus -a -um for Nicolaus Tomas Host (1761–1834), Austrian physician
and botanist (Hostaceae)
hostilis -is -e of the enemy, foreign, hostile, hostilis
hottentotorus -a -um of the Khoikhoi people of southern Africa (formerly called
Hottentots)
Hottonia for Pieter Hotton (1648–1709), Dutch botanist and professor at Leyden
Houstonia, houstonianus -a -um for Dr William Houston (1695–1733), writer on
American plants, bluets
Houttea, houtteanus -a -um (houttianus) for Louis van Houtte (1810–76), Belgian
nurseryman
Houttuynia for Martin (Maarten) Houttuyn (1720–94), Dutch naturalist and writer
Hovea for Anton Pantaleon Hove (Hoveau) (fl. 1780s–1820s), Polish botanist and
collector for Kew
Hovenia for David ten Hoven (1724–87), a Dutch senator
Howea (Howeia) from the Lord Howe Islands, East of Australia, or for Admiral
Lord Richard Howe (1726–99)
Howellia, Howelliella, howellii for Thomas Jefferson Howell (1842–1912), and
Joseph Howell (1830–1912), who collected in California c. 1884–97
Hoya, Hoyella for Thomas Hoy (c. 1750–1822), gardener at Sion House for the Duke
of Northumberland, wax flower
huachucanus -a -um from the Huachuca mountains of Arizona, USA
Hubbardia, Hubbardochloa for Charles Edward Hubbard (1900–80), English
botanist, herbarium keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
Huberia for François Huber (1750–1831), Swiss apiarist who, despite being blind,
studied the life history of the honey bee and published Nouvelles observations sur
les abeilles (1792)
Hudsonia for William Hudson (1730–93), English apothecary, botanist, Keeper of
the Chelsea Physic Garden and author of Flora Anglica
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