The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Kennedya, kennedyi for John Kennedy (1759–1842), of the Lee & Kennedy nursery<br />
in Hammersmith, London<br />
kent-, kentro-, -kentron goad-, spur-, -spurred, kentron, kentro-, kentr-<br />
Kentia, Kentiopsis for Colonel Kent, English soldier and botanist<br />
Kentranthus Spurred-flower, kentr-anqoj (the spur at the base of the corolla) (vide<br />
Centranthus)<br />
kentrophyllus -a -um having spurred leaves, kentro-fullon<br />
kentrophytus -a -um painful or prickly plant, kentro-futon (petiolar thorns of<br />
Astragalus kentrophyta)<br />
kentuckiensis -is -e from Kentucky, USA<br />
keriensis -is -e from Kerry, Ireland<br />
Kermadecia, kermadecensis -is -e from the volcanic Kermadec islands, NE of<br />
Auckland, New Zealand<br />
kermesinus -a -um carmine-coloured, carmine (the kermes oak, Quercus coccifera, is<br />
host to the insect, Kermes ilicis, from which is obtained the red dye, Arabic, kirmiz<br />
or qirmiz) cognate with crimson<br />
Kernera, kernerianus -a -um, kerneri for Johann Simon von Kerner (1755–1830),<br />
Professor of Botany, Stuttgart<br />
kero- bees-wax, khroj<br />
Kerria, Kerriochloa, Kerriodoxa for William Kerr (d. 1814), superintendent of the<br />
Botanic Garden Ceylon and collector of Chinese plants at Kew<br />
kerrii for Arthur Francis George Kerr (1877–1942), collector in Siam<br />
kesiyus -a -um from the Khasi Hills, Assam, N India<br />
Keteleeria for Jean Baptiste Keteleer (1813–1903), French nurseryman<br />
kevachensis -is -e from Kevachi volcano area, Solomon Islands<br />
kewensis -is -e of Kew Gardens<br />
keyensis -is -e from the environs of the Florida Keys, USA<br />
keysii for Mrs Keys, a friend of Thomas Nuttall (q.v.)<br />
khasianus -a -um from the Khasi Hills, Assam, N India<br />
Khaya from W African Wolof and Fulani vernacular names, kaye and khaye, for<br />
Khaya senegalensis<br />
khuzestanicus -a -um from the Khusistan region of Iran<br />
Kibatalia from the Sudanese vernacular name, ki batali<br />
kibbiensis -is -e from the Kibbi hills, Ghana, W Africa<br />
Kickxia for Jean Jaques Kickx (1775–1831), Belgian cryptogamic botanist, author of<br />
Flora Bruxellensis (1812)<br />
Kigelia from the native Mozambique vernacular name, kigeli keia, for the sausage<br />
tree<br />
kilimandscharicus -a -um from Mount Kilimanjaro, NE Tanzania<br />
Killipia, Killipiodendron for Ellsworth Paine Killip (1890–1968), American botanist<br />
at the Smithsonian National Herbarium<br />
Kimjongillia used in 2003 for a plant to be grown competitively in N Korea, for Kim<br />
Jong Il (1942–), the country’s ruler<br />
kinabaluensis -is -e from Mount Kinabalu, N Borneo, E Malaysia<br />
Kingdonia, kingdonii for Captain Francis Kingdon-Ward (1885–1958), botanist,<br />
extensive traveller in the East, writer and plant introducer<br />
Kingiella, Kingiodendron, kingianus -a -um, kingii for Sir George King (1840–1909),<br />
English physician and botanist, Director of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta<br />
kiotensis -is -e from Kyoto, Honshu, Japan<br />
Kirengeshoma from the Japanese, ki- (yellow) -renge-shoma<br />
kirilowii for Ivan Kirilow (1821–42), Russian botanist<br />
Kirkia for Sir John Kirk (1832–1922), Scottish physician and naturalist, Consul at<br />
Zanzibar and botanist<br />
kirkii for either Sir John Kirk (1832–1922), or Thomas Kirk, writer on New Zealand<br />
plants<br />
kirro- tawny, citron-coloured-, kirroj, kirrokirroanthus<br />
-a -um citron-flowered, kirro-anqoj<br />
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