The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
ithypetalus -a -um having erect petals, iquj-petalon<br />
Itoa for Tokutaro Ito (1868–1941), Japanese botanist<br />
ituriensis -is -e from Zaire’s Ituri forest<br />
-ium -lesser (diminutive suffix)<br />
Iva, iva an old name used by Rufinus, applied to various fragrant plants and reapplied<br />
by Linneaus as a fragrant genus of Composites)<br />
Ivesia for Eli Ives (1778–1861), American physician and botanist, professor at Yale<br />
Ivodea an anagram of Evodia ( Euodia q.v.)<br />
ivorensis -is -e from the Ivory Coast, W Africa<br />
Ixerba an anagram of Brexia (related genus)<br />
Ixeridium Resembling-Ixeris<br />
Ixeris etymology uncertain<br />
Ixia Bird-lime, icoj (<strong>The</strong>ophrastus’ name refers to a thistle with clammy sap)<br />
Ixianthes Sticky-flower, icoj-anqoj<br />
Ixiochlamys Sticky-cover, icoj-xlamuj<br />
ixioides resembling Ixia, icoj-oeidhj<br />
Ixiolaena Sticky-mantle, icoj-xlaina<br />
Ixiolirion Ixia-lily, icia-leirion (the superficial resemblance)<br />
Ixocactus Sticky-cactus, icoj-kaktoj (Loranthaceae)<br />
ixocarpus -a -um sticky-fruited, icoj-karpoj<br />
Ixodia Resembling-mistletoe, icodhj (the sap and similar leaf-shape)<br />
Ixonanthes Sticky-flower, icoj-anqoj (Ixonathaceae, Irvingiaceae)<br />
Ixophorus Bird-lime-carrying, icoj-fora<br />
Ixora the name of a Malabar deity, Iswara (Sanskrit, icvara)<br />
izuensis -is -e from the islands of Izu peninsula, Japan<br />
jaborandi, jaburan from the Tupi-Guarani, jaburandiba, for ‘he who spits’ (salivation<br />
is caused by chewing its leaves)<br />
Jaborosa from the Arabic name for a Mandragora<br />
Jacaranda from the Tupi Guarani S American name, jakara’nda, for Jacaranda cuspidifolia<br />
Jacea, jacea medieval name with Spanish roots, for knapweed<br />
jacens hanging loose; lying flat, present participle of iaceo, iacere, iacui<br />
jacinthinus -a -um reddish-orange coloured (iacuntus, relates to Hyacinthus)<br />
Jackia, jackii for John George Jack (1861–1949), Canadian dendrologist at Arnold<br />
Arboretum<br />
Jackiopsis Resembling-Jackia, botanical Latin from Jackia and oyij<br />
jackmanii for G. Jackman, plant breeder of Woking c. 1865<br />
Jacksonia, jacksonii for George Jackson (1790–1811), Scottish botanist and illustrator<br />
Jacmaia an anagram of Jamaica, its provenance<br />
jacobaeae of ragwort, living on Senecio jacobaea (Contarinia, dipteran gall midge)<br />
jacobaeus -a -um either for Saint James (herba sancti Jacobi, flowering about 25 July)<br />
or from Iago Island, Cape Verde<br />
Jacobinia from Jacobina, Brazil<br />
jacobinianus -a -um for G. A. von Jacobi (1805–74) of Berlin<br />
Jacobsenia for Hermann Johannes Heinrich Jacobsen (1898–1978), German<br />
botanist and Curator at Kiel botanic garden<br />
Jacquemontia, jacquemontianus -a -um, jacquemontii for Victor J. Jacquemont<br />
(1801–32), French traveller in the E Indies and naturalist<br />
Jacquinia, Jaquiniella for Nicholas Joseph Franz de Jacquin (Baron von Jacquin)<br />
(1727–1817), Professor of Botany at Leiden<br />
jactus -a -um spreading out, scattered, iacto, iactare, iactavi, iactatum<br />
jaegeri for Paul Jaeger (b. 1905), French botanist in W Africa<br />
Jagera for Herbert de Jager, Dutch botanist and collector in Indonesia<br />
jalapa from Jalapa, Veracruz (Mirabilis jalapa false jalap); true purgative jalap is<br />
derived from Ipomoea purga (Exogonium purga).<br />
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