The Names Of Plants.pdf
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The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
rosarus -a -um of roses, living on roses, rosa (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes)<br />
rosasinensis -is -e Chinese-rose, eastern-rose, rosa-sinensis<br />
Roscoea for William Roscoe (1753–1831) founder of the Liverpool Botanic Garden<br />
roseatus -a -um flushed rose-pink, rosa, rosae<br />
rosellus -a -um bunched like a rose, rosette-like, diminutive of rosa, rosae<br />
roseoalbus -a -um white flushed with pink, rosa-albus<br />
roseocampanulatus -a -um with little rose-pink bells, diminutive of Rosa-campanae<br />
(shaped flowers)<br />
roseofractus -a -um broken red, frango, frangere, fregi, fractum<br />
roseolus -a -um pink or pinkish, rosa, rosae<br />
roseopictus -a -um with rose pink spotting, rosa-pictus<br />
roseotinctus -a -um rose-imbued, rose-coloured, rosa-tinctus<br />
roseus -a -um rose-like, rose-coloured, rosa, rosae<br />
rosiflorus -a -um rose-flowered, rosa-florum<br />
rosifolius -a -um, rosaefolius -a -um rose-leaved, rosa-folium<br />
rosmarini- Rosmarinus-, rosemaryrosmarinifolius<br />
-a -um with leaves resembling Rosmarinus, Rosmarinus-folium<br />
rosmariniformis -is -e with a habit like Rosmarinus, Rosmarinus-forma<br />
Rosmarinus Sea-dew, Pliny’s name, ros maris, ros-marinus for a plant of dewy<br />
places (it became Mary’s rose, or rosemary, in English)<br />
rossii for either Rear Admiral Sir John Ross (1777–1856), arctic navigator, or<br />
Herman Ross (1862–1942), German botanist<br />
rossicus -a -um from Russia, Russian, (Rossica) (each Boschniaka rossica plant is estimated<br />
to produce 333 000 seeds!)<br />
rostellatus -a -um with a small beak, beaked, diminutive of rostrum<br />
rostochiensis -is -e from Rostock, NE Germany<br />
rostratus -a -um narrowed to a point, with a long straight hard point, beaked, rostrate,<br />
rostratus (columna-rostrata was a column to commemorate a naval victory)<br />
rostrevor Eucryphia rostrevor was raised at Rostrevor, Co. Down, Ireland<br />
rostri-, rostris -is -e, rostrus -a -um nose-, beak-like, rostrum, rostri<br />
rostriflorus -a -um with nose-shaped flowers, rostri-florum<br />
rostripetalus -a -um having beak-like tips on the petals, botanical Latin from<br />
rostrum and petalon<br />
Rosularia Little-rose-like, diminutive from rosula (the leaf rosettes)<br />
rosularis -is -e, rosulatus -a -um with leaf rosettes, rosula<br />
rotang an Indian vernacular name for a rattan vine<br />
rotatus -a -um flat and circular, wheel-shaped, rota, rotae<br />
rothomagensis -is -e from Rouen, France (Rothomagus, Rotomagus)<br />
rotulus -a -um like a small wheel, diminutive of rota, rotae<br />
rotundatus -a -um becoming rounded, rotundo, rotundare<br />
rotundi- rounded in outline or at the apex, spherical, rotundus, rotundirotundifolius<br />
-a -um having rounded leaves, rotundus-folium<br />
rotundilobus -a -um having rounded (leaf) lobes, rotundus-lobus<br />
rotundisepalus -a -um having rounded sepals, botanical Latin from rotundus and<br />
skeph<br />
rotundus -a -um plump, round, circular or spherical, rotundus<br />
Roxburghia, roxburghii for Dr William Roxburgh (1751–1815), Director of Calcutta<br />
Botanic Garden<br />
Royena for Adrian van Royen (1704–99), Professor of Botany at Leiden<br />
Roystonea for General Roy Stone (1836–1905), American soldier<br />
-rrhagus -a -um bursting, rrag, stem of rhgnumi<br />
-rrhizus -a -um -rooted, riza<br />
rubellinus -a -um somewhat reddish, double diminutive of ruber<br />
rubellus -a -um reddish, diminutive of ruber<br />
rubens blushed with red, ruddy, blushing, rubeo, rubere<br />
ruber -bra -brum, rubis -is -e, rubri-, rubro- red, ruber, rubra, rubrum; ruber, rubri<br />
ruberrimus -a -um very red, superative of ruber<br />
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