The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Rhopalostachya Cudgel-spike, ropalon-staxuon (the strobilar head of sporangia of<br />
clubmoss, Lycopodium)<br />
Rhopalostylis Club-shaped-style, ropalon-stuloj<br />
-rhops,-rops -bush, -underwood, -shrub, rwy<br />
rhumicus -a -um from the island of Rum (Rhum), W Scotland, or the River Rhume<br />
area, W Germany<br />
Rhus from an ancient Greek name for a sumach (Arabic, summaq, for the red dye<br />
from Rhus coriaria)<br />
rhynch-, rhyncho- beak-, rugxoj, rugxo-<br />
Rhynchanthus Beak-flower, rugxoj-anqoj (the protruding, keeled filament)<br />
Rhynchelytrum (on) Beaked-sheath, rugxoj-elutron (the shape of the glumes)<br />
Rhynchocoris Beaked-helmet, rugxoj-korij ( Rhinanthus)<br />
rhynchophyllus -a -um having beaked leaves, rugxoj-fullon<br />
rhynchophysus -a -um with a beaked inflated utricle (bellows), rugxoj-fusa<br />
Rhynchosia Beak, rugxoj (the shape of the keel petals)<br />
Rhynchosinapis Beaked-Sinapis, botanical Latin from rugcoj and Sinapis<br />
Rhynchospora Beaked-seed, rugxoj-sporoj (the achene has a distinct beak)<br />
Rhytachne Wrinkled-chaff, rutij-axnh (the rugosity of the lower glumes)<br />
rhyti-, rhytido- wrinkled-, rutij, rutidwma, rutidoj, rutidorhytidophylloides<br />
resembling (Viburnum) rhytidophyllum, rhytidophyllum-oides<br />
Rhytidophyllum, rhytidophyllus -a -um Untidy-leaved, with wrinkled leaves,<br />
rutido-fullon<br />
rhyzo-, -rhyzus -a -um root-, -rooted, riza<br />
Ribes from the Persian, ribas, for the acid-tasting Rheum ribes<br />
ribesifolius -a -um, ribifolius -a -um with Ribes-like foliage, Ribes-folium<br />
ribis -is -e of black currant, living on Ribes (Eriophyes, acarine gall mite)<br />
richardsonii for Sir John Richardson (1787–1865), companion of Sir John Franklin<br />
Richiea, richeus -a -um for Colonel A. Riche (d. 1791), French naturalist who died<br />
during the search for La Peyrouse<br />
ricinifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Ricinus<br />
ricinocarpus -a -um with Ricinus-like fruits, castor-oil-like fruited, botanical Latin<br />
from Ricinus and karpoj<br />
Ricinodendron Ricinus-like-tree, botanical Latin from Ricinus and dendron (a similarity<br />
of the foliage)<br />
Ricinus Tick, ricinus (the appearance of the caruncled and coloured seeds)<br />
rifanus -a -um of the N African Rif tribe (riphaei, riphaeorum)<br />
rigens stiffening, rigid, rigeo, rigere<br />
rigensis -is -e from Riga, Latvia, on the Baltic<br />
rigescens adopting a stiff texture, hardening, present participle of rigesco, rigescere,<br />
rigui<br />
rigidifolius -a -um stiff-leaved, erect-leaved, rigidus-folium<br />
rigidulus -a -um quite stiff, diminutive of rigidus<br />
rigidus -a -um stiff, inflexible, rigidus<br />
rimarinus -a -um bordered, having a border; of the coast, modern Latin rimarus,<br />
from Old English, rima, Norse, rimi,<br />
rimicolus -a -um inhabiting cracks or crevices, rimae-colo<br />
rimosus -a -um with a cracked surface, furrowed, rimosus<br />
ringens with a two-lipped mouth, gaping, ringens<br />
ringo from the Japanese vernacular name for Malus ringo<br />
Rinorea from a Guyanese vernacular name<br />
riparius -a -um of the banks of streams and rivers, ripa, ripae<br />
ripensis -is -e of riversides and stream banks, ripa, ripae<br />
Ripogonum Flexible-shoot, ripoj gwnwj (growth habit)<br />
ritro a S European name for Echinops ritro<br />
ritualis -is -e of ceremonials, belonging to rituals, ritus, ritus (Kniphofia ritualis)<br />
rivalis -is -e of brooksides and streamlets, rivus, rivi<br />
Rivea for Auguste de la Rive, Swiss physiologist<br />
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