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 />
variolosus -a -um smallpox-like, very pock-marked, with large dimples, variola<br />
variopictus -a -um diversely spotted, with coloured spotting, vario-(pingo, pingere,<br />
pinxi, pictum)<br />
varius -a -um coloured, spotted, variable, changing, fickle, variegated, varius<br />
vartani from Vartan, Sweden<br />
vas-, vasi- duct- (tube), vessel- (container), vas, vasis; vasa<br />
Vascellum Little-bowl, diminutive of vasculum (the fruiting body becomes bowlshaped)<br />
vasconicus -a -um from the Basque country of Spain, Vasco<br />
vascularis -is -e possessing vessels, botanical Latin from vasculum (of the conductive<br />
tissue)<br />
vasculosus -a -um having large vessels or thick cell walls, vasculosus<br />
vasculum a small vessel, vasculum (also used for the container used by field botanists)<br />
Vaseyanthus for George Vasey (1822–93) American physician and botanist at the<br />
US Department of Agriculture<br />
Vaseyochloa Vasey’s-grass (vide supra)<br />
vastatrix denuder, devastator, ravager, feminine form of vastator, from vasto,<br />
vastare, vastavi, vastatum<br />
vastus -a -um empty, desolate, very large, vast, vastus<br />
Vateria for Abraham Vater (1684–1751), German physician and botanist<br />
Vatica Soothsayer, vates, vatis (strychnos, herba vatica, has sundry uses from heightening<br />
the senses to killing)<br />
Vauanthes V-flower, botanical Latin from vau and anqoj (the V-shaped marks on<br />
the petals)<br />
vaupesanus -a -um from Vaupés department, SE Colombia<br />
Vauquelinia for Nicolas Louis Vauquelin (1763–1829), French chemist who discovered<br />
the element chromium (atomic number 24)<br />
Vavaea from the W Pacific Philippine island group called Vava’u<br />
Vavilovia for Nikolai Ivanovitch Vavilov (1887–1943), Russian geneticist and plant<br />
breeder, victimized by the autocrat T. D. Lysenko<br />
vectensis -is -e from the Isle of Wight (Vectis insula)<br />
vedrariensis -is -e, vedrarius -a -um from Verrières, Paris, France<br />
vegetus -a -um spritely, growing strongly or quickly, vigorous, vegetus<br />
Veitchia for James Veitch junior (1815–69) and his son John Gould Veitch (1839–70),<br />
nurserymen of Chelsea<br />
veitchianus -a -um, veitchii, veitchiorum for Messrs Veitch, nurserymen of Exeter<br />
and Chelsea, est. by John Veitch (1725–1839) and responsible for many plant<br />
introductions<br />
velaris -is -e, velatus -a -um concealed, veiling, veiled, velo, velare, velavi, velatum<br />
velebiticus -a -um from the Velebit mountains, Croatia<br />
Vella from the Celtic name, velar, for cress<br />
Velleia (Velleja) for Major Thomas Velley (1748–1806), phycologist<br />
Vellereophyton Fleecy-plant, vellus, velleris (the woolly indumentum)<br />
vellereus -a -um densely long-haired, fleecy (vellus, a fleece)<br />
Vellozia for José Mariano de la Conceicão Velloso (Veloso, Vellozo) (1742–1811),<br />
Capuchin monk and botanist who edited Vandelli’s works on Brazil<br />
(Velloziaceae)<br />
Velloziella for Joaquim Velloso de Miranda (1733–1815), Portuguese botanist and<br />
collector in S America ( Digitalis, pro parte)<br />
velosus -a -um veiled, mycological Latin, velatus<br />
velox swift, rapid-growing, velox, velocis<br />
Veltheimia for August Ferdinand Graf von Veltheim (1741–1808), German patron<br />
of botany<br />
veluti- down-like-, velvety, from French, velouté<br />
velutinellus -a -um finely velvety, diminutive of velutinus<br />
velutinosus -a -um, velutinus -a -um with a soft silky down-like covering, velvety,<br />
velutinus from French velouté<br />
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