The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
wrightii for Charles Wright (1811–85), from Connecticut, collector in Cuba<br />
Wulfenia, Wulfeniopsis, wulfenianus -a -um, wulfenii for Franz Xavier Freiherr von<br />
Wulfen (1728–1805), Austrian Jesuit and naturalist, writer on plants<br />
Wulffia for Johann Christoph Wulff (d. 1767), German physician and botanist,<br />
author of Flora Borussica<br />
Wullschlaegelia for Heinrich Rudolf Wullschlaegel (1805–64), Russian theologian<br />
and orchidologist<br />
Wurdackanthus for John Julius Wurdack (1921–98), American systematic botanist<br />
at the Smithsonian Institute<br />
Wurmbea for Friedrich van Wurmb, eighteenth-century Dutch naturalist and<br />
Secretary of the Batavian Academy of Sciences<br />
wutaiensis -is -e from Mount Wutai, Shanxi province, China<br />
Wyethia for Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth (1802–56), Boston fur-trader and plant<br />
collector<br />
wyomingensis -is -e from an Indian vernacular name meaning ‘the land of vast<br />
plains’; either from Wyoming state or one of the Wyoming counties, USA<br />
wytaiensis -is -e from Wutai, Shanxi province, China<br />
xalapensis -is -e from Xalapa (Jalapa), Mexico (see jalapa)<br />
xanth-, xanthi-, xantho- yellow-, canqoj, canqo-, canq-; xanthus, xanthoxanthacanthus<br />
-a -um yellow-thorned, canq-akanqa<br />
xanthellus -a -um pale yellow, diminutive from canqoj<br />
Xantheranthemum Yellow-Eranthemum, canq-eraw-anqemion (or Lovely-yellowflower)<br />
xanthifolius -a -um yellow-leaved, xanthus-folium<br />
xanthinoides resembling (Rosa) xanthina<br />
xanthinus -a -um yellow, canqoj<br />
Xanthisma <strong>Of</strong>-yellow, canqisma (star of Texas)<br />
Xanthium Dioscorides’ name, canqion, for cocklebur, from which a yellow, canqoj,<br />
hair dye was made<br />
xanthocalyx with a yellow calyx, canqo-kaluc<br />
xanthocarpus -a -um yellow-fruited, canqo-karpoj<br />
xanthocephalus -a -um yellow-headed, canqo-kefalh<br />
Xanthoceras Yellow-horn, canqo-keraj (the glandular processes on the disc)<br />
Xanthocercis Yellow-staff, canqo-kerkij (bark colour)<br />
xanthochlorus -a -um yellow-green, yellow with green, canqo-xlwroj<br />
xanthochrous -a -um yellow coloured, yellow-skinned, canqo-xroa<br />
xanthochymus -a -um with a yellow exudate or sap, botanical Latin from canqo and<br />
chymus<br />
xanthocodon yellow bell, canqo-kwdon (flowers)<br />
Xanthocyparis Yellow-Cyperus, canqo-kupeiroj (Vietnamese)<br />
xanyhodermus -a -um with a yellow skin, canqo-derma<br />
xanthomelas dark-yellow, canqo-melaj<br />
Xanthomyrtus Yellow-myrtle, xantho-Myrtus<br />
xanthoneurus -a -um with yellow veins, canqo-neura<br />
Xanthopappus Yellow-pappus, xantho-pappus<br />
Xanthophyllum Yellow-leaved-one, canqo-fullon (age-related colouration)<br />
xanthophloeus -a -um with yellow bark, canqo-floioj (fever wood, Cinchona)<br />
Xanthorhiza (Xanthorrhiza) Yellow-root, canqo-riza (roots yield a yellow dye)<br />
Xanthorrhoea (Xanthorrhaea) Yellow-flow, canqo-rew (the yellow sap of the grass<br />
tree) (Xanthoxorrhoeaceae)<br />
Xanthosia Yellow, canqoj (the covering of yellow down)<br />
Xanthosoma Yellow-body, canqo-swma (some have yellow stem tissues in rhizomes)<br />
xanthospilus -a -um yellow-spotted, canqo-spiloj<br />
Xanthostemon Yellow-stamened-one, canqo-sthmwn<br />
xanthostephanus -a -um with a yellow crown, canqo-stefanoj (flower heads)<br />
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