The Names Of Plants.pdf
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Glossary<br />
walkeri, walkerianus -a -um for General George Warren Walker (d. 1844), collector in<br />
India and Ceylon<br />
Wallaceodendron Wallace’s-tree, botanical Latin from Wallace and dendron, for<br />
Alfred Russell Wallace (1823–1913), English naturalist, extensive author and evolutionist<br />
believing in natural selection before Darwin<br />
Wallichia, wallichianus -a -um, wallichii for Nathaniel (Nathan Wolff) Wallich<br />
(1786–1854), Danish botanist and author, Curator of Calcutta Botanic Garden<br />
wallisii for Gustav Wallis (1830–78), collector in the Andes for the William Bull<br />
nursery in Chelsea<br />
Waltheria for Augustin Friedrich Walther (1688–1746), German physician and<br />
botanist<br />
wandoensis -is -e from the area of the Wando river, S California, USA<br />
Warburgia for Otto Warburg (1859–1938), German botanist, professor at Berlin<br />
Humboldt University<br />
wardii for Frank Kingdon-Ward (1885–1958), collector of E Asian plants, and for<br />
Dr Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward (1791–1868), inventor of the Wardian case<br />
warianus -a -um from the area of the Waria river, Papua New Guinea<br />
warleyensis -is -e of Warley Place, Essex, home of Miss Ellen Ann Willmott<br />
(1858–1934), who developed the garden without regard to financial cost and produced<br />
many new cultivars there<br />
Warmingia, warmingianus -a -um for Professor Johannes Eugenius Bülow<br />
Warming (1841–1924), Danish ecological botanist, professor at København<br />
(Copenhagen)<br />
Warrea, Warreella, Warreopsis for Frederick Warre, nineteenth-century, British<br />
orchidologist<br />
Warszewiczella, warszewiczianus -a -um (warscewiczianus), warszewiczii (warscewiczii)<br />
for Józef von Warszewicz (1812–66), Polish orchid collector for Messrs van<br />
Houtte and Inspector at Krakow Botanic Garden (Orchidaceae)<br />
Warszewiczia (Warscewiczia) for Józef von Warszewicz (1812–66), vide supra<br />
(Rubiaceae)<br />
Wasabia the Japanese vernacular name for Wasabia wasabi (Japanese horseradish)<br />
Washingtonia for George Washington (1732–1799), first American President<br />
washingtonianus -s -um, washingtonensis -is -e from Washington, USA<br />
watereri for the Waterer Nursery, Bagshot, Surrey<br />
Waterhousea for Frederick George Waterhouse (1815–98), Australian botanist<br />
watermaliensis -is -e from Watermal, Belgium<br />
Watsonia, watsonianus -a -um, Watsonium for Sir William Watson (1715–87),<br />
English student of sciences and extensive author<br />
watsonii for William Watson (1858–1925), Curator of the Royal Botanic<br />
Gardens, Kew<br />
wattianus -a -um, wattii for Sir George Watt (1851–1930), writer on Indian plants<br />
webbianus -a -um, webbii for either Philip Barker Webb (1793–1854), author of<br />
Histoire naturelle des Isles Canaries, or Captain W. S. Webb, an associate of Wallich<br />
and collector in the central Himalayas c. 1810<br />
Weberbauera for August Weberbauer (1871–1948), German botanist in Peru, author<br />
of Die Pflanzenwelt der Peruanischen Anden (1924)<br />
Websteria for George W. Webster (1833–1914), American botanist<br />
weddellianus -a -um, weddellii for Dr Hugh Algernon Weddell (1819–77), botanist<br />
and traveller<br />
Wedelia for George Wolfgang Wedel (1645–1721), German physician, professor at<br />
Jena<br />
Weigela (Weigelia) for Christian Ehrenfried von Weigel (1748– 1831), German<br />
physician, Professor of Botany at Griefswald<br />
Weinmannia for Johann Wilhelm Weinmann of Ratisbon (1683–1741), author of<br />
Phytanthoza iconographica (1737–45)<br />
weinmannianus -a -um for Johann A. Weinman (1782–1858), Director of St<br />
Petersburg Botanic Garden<br />
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