The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Lithops, lithops, lithopius -a -um Stone-like, liqo-(wy, wpoj) (the mimetic appearance<br />
of stone-cacti)<br />
lithospermoides resembling Lithospermum, Lithospermum-oides<br />
Lithospermum Stone-seed, liqoj-sperma (Dioscorides’ name, liqospermon, for the<br />
glistening, whitish nutlets)<br />
lithuanicus -a -um from Lithuania, Lithuanian<br />
litigiosus -a -um disputed, contentious, litigo, litigare, to quarrel or go to law<br />
litoralis -is -e, littoralis -is -e, littoreus -a -um growing by the sea-shore, litus, litoris<br />
Litsea from a Japanese vernacular name, li tse<br />
litticolus -a -um inhabiting the beach, littoralis-colo<br />
Littonia for Dr Samuel Litton (1781–1847), Professor of Botany at Dublin<br />
Littorella Shore, diminutive of litus (the habitat)<br />
lituiflorus -a -um trumpet-flower, lituus-florum<br />
lituiformis -is -e shaped like an augur’s staff or trumpet, lituus-forma<br />
lituus -a -um forked and with the ends turned outwards, like an augur’s staff,<br />
lituus, litui<br />
liukiuensis -is -e from the Ryukyu-shoto archipelago, S Japan<br />
livens becoming bluish or black and blue, present participle of liveo, livere<br />
lividus -a -um lead-coloured, bluish-grey, leaden, black and blue, lividus<br />
Livistonia for Patrick Murray of Livingston, whose garden formed the nucleus of the<br />
Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden, 1670<br />
Lizei for the Lizé Frères, nurserymen of Nantes, France, c. 1912<br />
llano- of treeless savanna-, through Spanish, llanos, from planum<br />
Llavea, llavea for M. de Llave, who found the fern Llavea cordifolia<br />
Lloydia for Edward Lloyd (1660–1709), Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum,<br />
Oxford<br />
lloydii for either Curtis G. Lloyd (1859–1926), American botanist, or James Lloyd<br />
(1810–96), of London and Nantes, or Francis Ernest Lloyd (1868–1947) of Tucson,<br />
Arizona Desert Laboratory<br />
Loasa from a S American vernacular name (Loasaceae)<br />
lobatus -a -um, lobus -a -um with lobes, lobed, loboj, lobus (see Fig. 4e)<br />
lobbianus -a -um, lobbii for the brothers William Lobb (1809–63) and Thomas Lobb<br />
(1820–94)<br />
Lobelia, lobelii for Matthias de l’Obel (1538–1616), Flemish renaissance pioneer of<br />
botany and herbalist to James I of England, author of Plantarum seu stirpium historia<br />
(Lobeliaceae)<br />
lobi- lobes-, loboj<br />
lobiferus -a -um having lobes, lobi-fero<br />
-lobium, -lobion -pod-fruited, -podded, loboj (literally the lobe of an ear or the<br />
liver)<br />
Lobivia an anagram of Bolivia, provenance of the genus<br />
lobo-, -lobus -a -um lobed-, -lobed, loboj, lobo-, lobus<br />
lobocarpus -a -um having lobed fruits, loboj-karpoj<br />
lobophyllus -a -um having lobed leaves, loboj-fullon<br />
Lobostemon Lobe-stamened, loboj-stemon (the stamens are opposite the corolla<br />
lobes)<br />
Lobularia Small-pod, feminine diminutive of loboj, lobus<br />
lobularis -is -e, lobulatus -a -um with small lobes, diminutive of lobus<br />
lobuliferus -a -um carrying lobed structures, loboj-ferw, lobus-fero<br />
localis -is -e local, of restricted distribution, loco, locare, locavi, locatum<br />
lochabrensis -is -e from Lochaber, Scotland<br />
lochmius -a -um coppice-dweller, of thickets, loxmh a lair or thicket<br />
-locularis -is -e -celled, loculus, locularis (usually the ovary)<br />
locuples reliable; rich, opulent, locupleto, locupletare; locuples, locupletis<br />
locusta in botanical Latin, spikeleted (an old generic name for Valerianella locusta<br />
(classical Latin, crayfish or locust)<br />
Loddigesia, loddigesii for Conrad Loddiges (1743–1826), nurseryman in Hackney<br />
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