The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Sutherlandia for James Sutherland (c. 1639–1719), Superintendent of Edinburgh<br />
Botanic Garden and botanical writer<br />
sutherlandii for Dr Peter Cormac Sutherland (1822–1900), Surveyor General in<br />
Natal<br />
Swainsonia for Isaac Swainson (1746–1812), plant grower of Twickenham<br />
Swartzia, swartzianus -a -um for Olof Peter Swartz (1760–1818), Professor of Botany<br />
at Stockholm<br />
swatensis -is -e from Swat, Pakistan<br />
swazicus -a -um from Swaziland, S Africa<br />
sweginzowii for Nicholas A. Zvegintzov (1848–1920), Russian Governor of Latvia<br />
Swertia for Imanuel Swert of Harlem, writer of Florilegium (1620)<br />
Swietenia for Gerard van Swieten (1700–72), Dutch botanist and writer<br />
sy-, syl-, sym-, syn-, syr-, sys- with-, together with-, united-, joined-<br />
Syagrus Wild-boar, suagroj (in Pliny this was a kind of date palm, Martius transferred<br />
it to a Cocos-like American genus)<br />
sycamorus fig-fruited, sukh-morea (of the fig, Ficus sycamorus)<br />
sychno- many-times-, frequent-, suxnoj, suxno-<br />
Sychnosepalum Many-sepalled, suxnoj-skeph<br />
syco-, sycon- fig-like-fruit-, fig-, sukh, sukeh, sukon<br />
Sycomorus, sycomorus -a -um Fig-mulberry, sukh-morea (the biblical fig, Sycomorus<br />
antiquorum, is Ficus sycamorus); Gerard re-used it for Acer pseudoplatanus because<br />
of a similarity of leaf shape, and its pleasant shade<br />
Sycoparrotia the composite name for hybrids between Sycopsis and Parrotia<br />
Sycopsis Fig-resembler, sukh-oyij (looks like some shrubby Ficus)<br />
sylhetensis -is -e from Sylhet, NE Bangladesh<br />
sylvaticus -a -um, sylvester -tris -tre wild, of woods or forests, sylvan, sylva, sylvae<br />
sylvicolus -a -um inhabiting woods, sylvae-colo<br />
sym- united, sum- (with suffixes starting with b, m, or p)<br />
symbiotic living with, sum-biow<br />
symmetricus -a -um actinomorphic, regular, sum-metroj<br />
symmixis marriage, mixing together, sum-micij<br />
symphertos united, sumfertoj<br />
symphiandrus -a -um having fused stamens, sumfertoj-anhr<br />
sympho-, symphy- growing-together-, sumfuw-<br />
Symphonia Harmonious, sumfwnoj (they are united with five groups of three<br />
linear anthers alternating with the stigmatic lobes)<br />
Symphoria Brought-together, or Useful, sum-ferw<br />
Symphoricarpos (us) Clustered-fruits, sum-ferw-karpoj (the bunched berries)<br />
Symphyandra United-stamens, sumfuw-androj<br />
symphytifolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Symphytum<br />
Symphytum Grow-together-plant, sum-futon (Dioscorides’ name, sumfuton, for<br />
healing plants, including comfrey, conferva of Pliny)<br />
symplo- braided-together-, united-, conjoined-, sum-plokoj<br />
Symplocarpus Connected-fruits, sumplokh-karpoj (the compound fruit of skunk<br />
cabbage)<br />
Symplocos United, sumplokh (the connected stamens) (Symplocaceae)<br />
sympodialis -is -e with sympodial growth, from succeeding lateral buds, sumpodoj<br />
syn- together-, sun-, sug-, su- (for suffixes not starting with b, m or p)<br />
Synadenium Joined-glands, sun-adhn (the united involucral glands)<br />
syncarpus -a -um with a compound ovary, aggregate-fruited, sun-karpoj<br />
synciccus -a -um with Cicca, with flowers of different sexes in the same inflorescence<br />
(ciccus pomegranate pip)<br />
Syneilesis Pressed-together, sum-eilew; Folded-together, sum-eiluw<br />
Syngonanthus Fused-female-flower, sun-gunh-anqoj (fusion of the petals of the<br />
female flowers)<br />
Syngonium United ovaries, sun-gunh<br />
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