The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
paucicostatus -a -um with few nerves or ribs, paucus-(costa, costae)<br />
pauciflorus -a -um few-flowered, paucus-florum<br />
paucifoliatus -a -um sparsely-leaved, paucus-foliatus<br />
paucifolius -a -um with few leaves, paucus-folium<br />
paucinervis -is -e few-nerved, paucus-nerva<br />
pauciramosus -a -um with few branches, with little branching, paucus-ramosus<br />
paucistamineus -a -um having few stamens, paucus-(stamen, stamenis)<br />
paucivolutus -a -um slightly turned or rolled, parcus-(volvo, volvere, volvi, volutum)<br />
paucus -a -um little-, few, paucus<br />
Paullinia for Simon Paulli (1603–80), or Charles Frederick Paulli (1643–1742),<br />
Danish botanist<br />
paulopolitanus -a -um, paulensis -is -e from São Paulo, Brazil<br />
Paulownia for Princess Anna Paulovna (Paulowna) (1795–1865), consort of King<br />
William II of the Netherlands, and daughter of Czar Paul I of Russia<br />
paulus -a -um small, paulus<br />
pauper-, pauperi- poor-, pauper, pauperis<br />
pauperculus -a -um of poor appearance, diminutive of pauper, pauperis<br />
pauperiflorus -a -um having meagre or poor flowers, pauperis-florum<br />
Pauridiantha Small-flowered-one, pauroj-anqoj<br />
Paurotis Small-ear, pauroj-wtoj<br />
pausiacus -a -um olive-green, pausicus (pausia, a kind of olive)<br />
Pavetta from the Malabari vernacular name for Pavetta indica<br />
Pavia, pavius -a -um from Pavia, Italy ( Aesculus)<br />
pavimentatus -a -um pavement, paving, floor, pavimentum (mode of growth)<br />
Pavonia, pavonianus -a -um, pavonii for Don José Antonio Pavón y Jiménez<br />
(1790–1844), Spanish botanist in Peru, author with H. Ruiz Lopez of Flora<br />
Peruviana et Chilensis prodromus<br />
pavonicus -a -um, pavoninus -a -um peacock-blue, showy, pavo, pavonis<br />
pavonius -a -um peacock-blue, resembling Pavonia<br />
paxianus -a -um, paxii for Ferdinand Pax (1858–1942), Director of Breslau Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
Paxistima Thick-stigma, paxu-stigma (the short style of the immersed ovary)<br />
Paxtonia, paxtonii for Sir Joseph Paxton (1801–65), gardener at Chatsworth to the<br />
Duke of Devonshire and designer of the ‘Crystal Palace’<br />
pecan from a N American Algonquin vernacular name, paccan<br />
pechei for George Peché of Moulmein<br />
Pecteilis Comb-like, pecten-ilis (the outward pointing teeth)<br />
pecten-aboriginus -a -um native’s comb, modern Latin from pecten and ab-origine,<br />
from the beginning<br />
pecten-veneris Venus’ comb, pecten, pectinis (a name used in Pliny)<br />
pectinatus -a -um comb-like, (scalloped) pectinate, pectino<br />
pectinellus -a -um like a small comb, pecten, pectinis (the thorny midribs)<br />
pectinifer -era -erum with a finely divided crest, like a comb, pecten, pectinis<br />
Pectis Comb, pecten<br />
pectoralis -is -e of the chest, pectus, pectoris (used to treat coughs)<br />
peculiaris -is -e one’s own, special, peculiaris<br />
ped- stalk-, footpedalis<br />
-is -e, pedali- about a foot in length or stature, pes, pedis; pedalis<br />
Pedalium A-foot, pes, pedis (about 12 inches in stature; some disperse fruits with<br />
hooks attaching to animal’s feet) (Pedaliaceae)<br />
pedati-, pedatus -a -um palmate but with the lower lateral lobes divided, pedate,<br />
pes, pedis (see Fig. 5b)<br />
pedatifidus -a -um divided nearly to the base in a pedate manner, pedatus-fidus (see<br />
Fig. 5b)<br />
pedatisectus -a -um pedately cut almost to the veins, pedatus-(seco, secare, secui,<br />
sectum)<br />
pedatoradiatus -a -um spreading out like a (bird’s) foot, pedatus-radiatus<br />
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