The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
registanicus -a -um from Rigistan (Registan or the land of sand), SW Afghanistan<br />
regius -a -um splendid, royal, kingly, rex, regis<br />
regma- breaking-, fracture-, rhgma<br />
regmacarpius -a -um with a schizocarp breaking into cocci, with a dehiscent fruit,<br />
rhgma-karpoj<br />
regnans lording it, prevailing, becoming supreme, present participle of regno,<br />
regnare, regnavi, regnatum<br />
regularis -is -e uniform, actinomorphic, standard, regula, regulae<br />
regulus goldcrest (Regulus regulus); petty ruler, prince, regulus<br />
rehderi, rehderianus -a -um for either Jacob Heinrich Rehder (1790–1852), Parks<br />
Inspector of Moscow, or Professor Alfred Rehder (1863–1949), see below<br />
Rehderodendron Rehder’s-tree, for Professor Alfred Rehder (1863–1949) of the<br />
Arnold Arboretum Herbarium, Massachusetts, USA, author of the Manual of<br />
Cultivated Trees and Shrubs<br />
Rehmannia for Joseph Rehmann (1788–1831), St Petersburg physician<br />
reichenbachianus -a -um for Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793–1879), of<br />
the Dresden Botanic Garden, Germany<br />
Reineckia for J. Reinecke, German cultivator of tropical plants<br />
Reinwardtia, reinwardtii for Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt (1773–1854), Director of<br />
Leiden Botanic Garden<br />
relaxatus -a -um loose, open, relaxato, relaxare, relaxavi, relaxatum<br />
relictus -a -um remnant, primitive, left behind, relict, relinquo, relinquere, relevi, relictum<br />
religiosus -a -um sacred, venerated, of religious rites, religiosus (the Buddha is<br />
reputed to have received enlightenment beneath the bo or peepul tree, Ficus religiosa)<br />
remediorus -a -um of medicine, of cures, remedial, remedium, remedi<br />
remoratus -a -um hindering, delaying, remoror, remorari, remoratus<br />
remotiflorus -a -um having scattered flowers, remotus-florum<br />
remotifolius -a -um having remote or scattered leaves, remotus-folium<br />
remotus -a -um set aside; distant, secluded, scattered, removeo, removere, removi,<br />
remotum (e.g. the flowers on the stalk)<br />
remulcus -a -um drooping, remulceo, remulcere, remulsi (literally, remulcum, a<br />
tow-rope)<br />
Remusatia for Abel Remusat (1785–1832), physician and student of the orient<br />
renarius -a -um, reniformis -is -e kidney-shaped, reniform, renes a kidney<br />
Renealmia for Paul Reneaulme (1560–1624), author of Specimen historia plantarum<br />
renghas from a Malayan vernacular name<br />
renifolius -a -um having kidney-shaped leaves, (renes, renum)-folium<br />
reniformis -is -e kidney-shaped, (renes, renum)-forma<br />
repandens, repandus -a -um with a slightly wavy margin, repand, repandus<br />
repens creeping, repo, repere, repsi, reptum (stoloniferous)<br />
replicatus -a -um double-pleated, doubled down, replico, replicare<br />
reptans crawling along, creeping and rooting, present participle of repto, reptare<br />
reptatus -a -um crawling along, creeping and rooting, repto, reptare<br />
repullulans re-sprouting, present participle of re-(pullulo, pullulare)<br />
Requienia, requienii for Esprit Requien (1788–1851), student of the floras of S France<br />
and Corsica<br />
resectus -a -um shredded, cut off, re-(seco, secare, secui, sectum)<br />
Reseda Healer, resedo (the name in Pliny refers to its use in treating bruises)<br />
(Resedaceae)<br />
resedi- Resedaresediflorus<br />
-s -um with flowers similar to Reseda<br />
resedifolius -a -um with Reseda-like foliage, Reseda-folium<br />
resiliens recoiling, springing back, rebounding, present participle of resilio, resilire,<br />
resilui<br />
resinaceus -a -um, resinosus -a -um resinous, producing resin, resina, resinae<br />
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