The Names Of Plants.pdf

Glossary
Huegelia, huegelii, hugelii for Baron Karl von Hügel (1794–1870), who travelled in
the Philippines
Huernia, Huerniopsis for Justus Heurnius (1587–1652), Dutch missionary and first
collector in the Cape, S Africa. (Robert Brown’s error in spelling)
hugonis for Father Hugh Scallon, collector in West China c. 1899
Hugueninia for Auguste Huguenin (1780–1860), French botanist
Hulsea for Gilbert W. Hulse (1807–83), US Army surgeon and plant collector
Hulteniella for Eric Gunnar Hulten (1894–1981), Swedish botanist and collector in
Alaska
Humata Earth, humus, humi (creeping rhizome)
Humbertia, Humbertianthus, Humbertiella, Humbertiodendron, Humbertochloa for
Jean Henri Humbert (1887–1967), French botanist and collector in Madagascar,
author of Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
Humboldtia, humboldtianus -a -um, humboldtii for Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich
Alexander Baron von Humboldt (1769–1859), who explored central America and
wrote on natural history and meteorology; from Humboldt Bay, New Guinea
hume-, humi- wet, damp, dank, moist, umidus, umi-
Humea for Lady Amelia Hume (1751–1809) of Wormleybury, Hertfordshire
humeanus -a -um for David Hume of Edinburgh Botanic Gardens, or W. Burnley
Hume, another gardener
humicolus -a -um of damp habitats, living in damp, umi-cola
humidicolus -a -um of damp habitats, living in damp, umidus-cola
humidorus -a -um of confined humid places, umidus (etymological analogy with
cuspidor)
humiflorus -a -um flowering at ground level, humi-florum
humifructus -a -um fruiting at ground level (or in the soil surface), humi-fructus
humifusus -a -um trailing, sprawling, spreading over the ground, humi-fusus
humilis -is -e low-growing, close to the ground, of the ground, humilis
humilior smaller than most of its kind, comparative of humus, humi
humillimus -a -um very small or short, superlative of humilis
Humiria, Humiriastrum from a S American vernacular name, umiri
humistratus -a -um forming a blanket over the ground, humi-stratus
humulifolius -a -um hop-leaved, with leaves resembling those of Humulus
Humulus from the Slavic-German, chmeli, Latinized from Germanic, humela
Hunaniopanax Hunan-Panax
hungaricus -a -um from Hungary, Hungarian
Hunnemannia for John Hunneman (d. 1839), English botanist and plant introducer
hunnewellianus -a -um for the New England horticultural family Hunnewell
Hunteria for William Hunter (1755–1812), Scottish naturalist and surgeon with the
East India Company
hupehanus -a -um, hupehensis -is -e from Hupeh (Hupei, Hubei) province, China
Huperzia for Johann Peter Huperz (1771–1816), German physician and botanist
Hura from a S American vernacular name for the sand-box tree, Hura crepitans
huronensis -is -e from Huron, S Dakota, USA, or Lake Huron, USA/Canada
Hutchinsia, hutchinsiae, hutchinsii for Miss Ellen Hutchins (1785– 1815), cryptogamic
botanist of Bantry and Ballylickey, Co. Cork
Hutchinsonia for John Hutchinson (1884–1972), systematic botanist at the RBG
Kew, author of several standard works
Huthamnus for Hu Hsen-Hsu (1894–1968), Chinese botanist
Huttonaea for Mrs Henry Hutton, orchid collector in S Africa
huttonii for J. Hutton, who collected in S Africa c. 1860, or Henry Hutton, who collected
for the James Veitch company.
Huxleya for Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95), English polymath, traveller, author
of numerous works and staunch supporter of Darwinian theory
Hyacinthella Little-hyacinth, feminine diminutive of Hyacinthus
hyacinthiflorus -a -um with dark blue-purple flowers, Hyacinthus-florum
hyacinthifolius -a -um with dark purple foliage, Hyacinthus-folium
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