The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Manicaria Glove, manica (the spathe of the inflorescence)<br />
manicatus -a -um with a felty covering which can be stripped off, manicate,<br />
manicae, manicarum (literally, with long sleeves)<br />
manifestus -a -um obvious, evident, manifestus<br />
Manihot from the Tupi-Guarani name, manioca, for cassava (the flour prepared<br />
from the root is tapioca, from Tupi-Guarani, typyoca)<br />
manillanus -a -um from Manilla, Philippines<br />
manipuliflorus -a -um grouped, with few-flowered clusters, manipulatum<br />
manipuranus -a -um, manipurensis -is -e from Manipur, Assam, India<br />
manna having a sweet exudate, Arabic, mann, manna<br />
mannensis -is -e from the environs of the Mann river, Australia<br />
Mannia, mannii for Gustav Mann (1835–1916), collector for Kew in W Africa<br />
1859–63, Inspector of Assam Forests<br />
Manniella diminutive of Mannia<br />
manniferus -a -um manna-bearing, manna-ferw (Aramaic, manna, for the exudate<br />
from Tamarix mannifera)<br />
mano- scanty-, manoj<br />
manopeplus -a -um with a thin cloak, scantily covered, manoj-peploj<br />
manriqueorum for Manrique de Lara, of the Manriques<br />
manshuricus -a -um, manshuriensis -is -e from Manchuria, Manchurian<br />
mantegazzianus -a -um for Paulo Mantegazzi (1831–1910), Italian traveller and<br />
anthropologist<br />
manticus -a -um of seers or soothsayers, mantij, mantikoj<br />
Mantissia Prophet, mantij (the flowers resemble a praying mantis)<br />
mantoniae for Professor Irene Manton (1904–88), fern cytologist of Leeds<br />
University and first woman president of the Linnean Society of London<br />
manuanus -a -um from the Manua Islands, SW Pacific<br />
manubriatus -a -um having a handle-like structure, manubrium, manubri<br />
manzanita Spanish vernacular for a small apple<br />
Mapania from a W African vernacular name<br />
mappa napkin(-textured), cloth(-textured), mappa, mappae<br />
maracandicus -a -um from Samarkand (Maracanda), Uzbekistan<br />
Maranta for Bartolomea Maranti, sixteenth-century Venetian botanist<br />
(Marantaceae)<br />
marantifolius -a -um having foliage resembling Maranta, Maranta-folium<br />
Marantochloa Maranti’s-grass, botanical Latin from Maranti and xloh<br />
Marasmius Withering, marasmoj (the scorched turf phase of the fairy ring, or the<br />
senescent fruiting body’s leathery texture)<br />
marathon fennel, maraqon<br />
Marattia for Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1723–77), Italian botanist, author of<br />
De floribus filicum (Marattiaceae)<br />
marcescens not putrefying, persisting, retaining dead leaves and/or flowers,<br />
marcesco, marcescere<br />
Marcgravia for Georg Markgraf (Marcgraf) (1610–1644), German engineer and<br />
geographer in Brazil (Marcgraviaceae)<br />
marckii for Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monnet de la Marck (1744–1829); French<br />
pre-Darwinian evolutionist (Lamarck)<br />
margaretae for Margaret Mee (1909–88), botanical illustrator of Brazilian plants<br />
margaritaceus -a -um, margaritus -a -um pearly, of pearls, margarithj, margarita,<br />
margaritae<br />
margaritae for Mlle Marguerite Closon<br />
margaritiferus -a -um bearing pearl, margarithj-ferw, margarita-fero<br />
magaritisporus -a -um having pearl-like spores, margarithj-sporoj<br />
marginalis -is -e of the margins, margined, margo, marginis<br />
marginatus -a -um having a distinct margin, margo, marginis (the leaves)<br />
Margyricarpus Pearl-fruit, margarithj-karpoj (the white berry-like achenes)<br />
mariae for either Mrs Mary Burbidge or Miss Mary Anderson<br />
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