The Names Of Plants.pdf
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Names</strong> of <strong>Plants</strong><br />
Agropyron (Agriopyrum) Field-wheat, agroj-puroj (agrioj-puroj wild-wheat)<br />
Agrostemma Field-garland, agroj-stemma (Linnaeus’ view of its suitability for garlands)<br />
Agrosticrinum Grass-like-lily, agrwstij-krinon<br />
Agrostis, agrostis -is -e Field-grass (a name, agrwstij, used by <strong>The</strong>ophrastus for a<br />
wild, agrioj, grass)<br />
-agrus -a -um -chase, -hunt, -capture, agra<br />
ai-, aio- eternally-, always-, aiwn, aei-, aiaianthus<br />
-a -um perpetual-flowering; everlasting-flowered, aei-anqoj<br />
Aichryson Dioscorides’ name for an Aeonium<br />
Aidia Everlasting, aidioj<br />
ailanthifolius -a -um with Ailanthus-like leaves<br />
ailanthoides resembling Ailanthus, Ailanthus-oides<br />
Ailanthus Tree-of-heaven, from a Moluccan vernacular name, aylanto<br />
Ainsliaea for Sir Whitelaw Ainslie (1767–1837), of the E India Company, author of<br />
Materia Indica<br />
aiophyllus -a -um always in leaf, evergreen, aeifulloj<br />
Aiphanes Abrupt, aifanej, (the apices of the leaflets) aifnidioj, sudden<br />
Aira an old Greek name, aira, for a crop weed (perhaps darnel grass)<br />
airioides resembling Aira, aira-oeidhj<br />
aitchisonii for Dr James Edward Tierney Aitchison (1836–98), botanist on the<br />
Afghan Delimitation Expedition 1884–5<br />
Aitonia for William Townsend Aiton (1766–1849), Superintendent at Kew, succeeding<br />
his father William Aiton (1731–93)<br />
aizoides resembling Aizoon, Aizoon-oides<br />
aizooides resembling Aizoon, Aizoon-oides<br />
Aizoon, aizoon Always-alive, aei-zwoj (Aizoaceae)<br />
ajacis -is -e for Ajax, son of Telemon, from whose blood grew a hyacinth marked AIA<br />
Ajania from Ajan, E Asia (Chrysanthemum)<br />
ajanensis -is -e from Ajan, E Asia<br />
Ajuga Scribonius Largus’ corrupted Latin for abortifacient (in Pliny, abigo, to drive<br />
away)<br />
ajugae of bugle, living on Ajuga (Eriophyes, acarine gall mite)<br />
ajugi- Ajuga-, bugleakakiensis<br />
-is -e from Akaki, Ethiopia, or Akaki, Cyprus<br />
akakus -a -um harmless, innocent, akakoj<br />
akamantis -is -e from Akamas, Cyprus<br />
akane a Japanese vernacular name<br />
akasimontanus -a -um from Mount Akasi, Honshu, Japan<br />
akbaitalensis -is -e from Akbaytai, Tajikistan<br />
Akebia the Japanese name, akebi<br />
akebioides resembling Akebia, Akebia-oides<br />
akitensis -is -e from Akita, Honshu, Japan<br />
akoensis -is -e from Ako, Honshu, Japan<br />
aktauensis -is -e from Aktau, Kazakhstan<br />
alabamensis -is -e, alabamicus -a -um from Alabama, USA<br />
alabastrinus -a -um like alabaster or onyx, alabastroj, alabastron<br />
alacranensis -is -e from Arrecife de Alacran, Yucatan<br />
alacriportanus -a -um from Porto Alegre, Brazil<br />
aladaghensis -is -e from the Ala Dag range of mountains, across Asia Minor<br />
alagebsis-is -e from the Alag river, Mindanao, Philippines<br />
alagoanus -a -um, alagoensis -is -e from the Alagoas region of Brazil<br />
alaicus -a -um from the Alai mountains, Tajikistan<br />
alamosensis -is -e from Mount Alamos, Mexico, or the Los Alamos area of the<br />
southern Rocky Mountains<br />
Alangium from an Adansonian name for an Angolan tree, some attribute it to a<br />
Malabar vernacular name, alangi (Alangiaceae)<br />
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