Property:Etymology

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Akebia +
Japanese akebi, name for Akebia quinata  +
Alcea +
Greek alkea, a kind of mallow  +
Alchemilla +
Arabic name alkemelyeh, perhaps alluding to alchemists' interest in reputed marvelous powers of its dew  +
Aletris +
Greek aletris, a female slave who ground corn, alluding to the mealy texture of the perianths  +
Alisma +
ancient Greek name, adopted by Linnaeus from Dioscorides  +
Allenrolfea +
for Robert Allen Rolfe, English botanist, 1855–1921  +
Alliaria +
Genus Allium, garlic or onion, and Latin –aria, connection, alluding to odor of crushed plant  +
Allionia +
For C. Allioni, 1725–1804, Italian botanist  +
Allium +
Latin, classical name for garlic  +
Allotropa +
Greek allos, other or different, and tropos, turn or direction, alluding to inflorescence  +
Allowissadula +
Greek allo- , different, and genus Wissadula  +
Almutaster +
For Almut G. Jones, b. 1923, American Aster specialist  +
Alnus +
Latin alnus, alder  +
Aloe +
Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants  +
Aloina +
Genus Aloë and Latin -ina, resembling, alluding to fleshy leaves  +
Alophia +
Greek a, not, and lophos, crest, referring to the absence of style crests  +
Alpinia +
for Italian botanist Prosper Alpinus (1553–1617)  +
Alsia +
Anagram of generic name Lasia (now Forsstroemia), alluding to similarity  +
Alstroemeria +
for Clas Alströmer, 1736–1794, Swedish naturalist and pupil of Linnaeus  +
Alternanthera +
Latin alternans, alternating, and anthera, anther, referring to the alternation of pseudostaminodes and stamens  +
Althaea +
For Althaea, wife of King Oeneus of Aetolia or Calydon  +
Alvaradoa +
For Pedro de Alvarado y Contreras, ca. 1485 – 1541, member of Cortez’s expedition to Mexico  +
Alyssum +
Greek, a-, not or without, and lyssa, rabies or madness  +, name used for plants reputed in ancient times as remedy for hydrophobia, cure for madness, and calmative for anger  +
Amaranthus +
Greek amarantos, unfading, nonwith ering  +
Amauriopsis +
Generic name Amauria, and Greek - opsis, resembling  +
Amberboa +
Pre-Linnaean genus name Amberboi Vaillant, cited by Linnaeus in his original publication of Centaurea  +
Amblyodon +
Greek amblys, blunt, obtuse, and odon, tooth, alluding to peristome  +
Amblyolepis +
Greek ambly, blunt, and lepis, scale  +
Amblyopappus +
Greek ambly -, blunt, and pappos, pappus  +
Amblystegium +
Greek amblys, blunt, and stege, roof, alluding to obtuse operculum  +
Ambrosia +
Greek ambrosia, “food of the gods,” allusion unclear  +
Amelanchier +
Old Savoy name for Amelanchier ovalis Medikus  +
Amerorchis +
America plus orchis, from the American distribution of this close relative of Eurasian Orchis  +
Amianthium +
merged Greek amiantos, unsoiled, and anthos, flower, alluding to the glandless tepals  +
Ammannia +
For Paul Ammann, 1634–1691, Professor of Botany at Leipzig  +
Amoreuxia +
for Pierre-Joseph Amoreux, 1741 – 1824, French physician and naturalist  +
Ampelaster +
Greek ampelos, vine, alluding to habit, and generic name Aster  +
Ampelopsis +
Greek ampelos, grapevine, and -opsis, similarity  +
Amphiachyris +
Greek amphi -, around, and achyron, chaff or husks, alluding to ring of pappus elements  +
Amphidium +
Variant of Amphoridium (nomenclaturally unavailable), diminutive of Greek amphora, flask, alluding to capsule shape  +
Amphipappus +
Greek amphi- , double or two, and pappos, pappus alluding to dimorphic pappi, ray cypselae and disc cypselae  +
Amphiscirpus +
Greek amphi- , doubtful, ambiguous, and Latin scirpus, bulrush  +
Anacamptodon +
Greek ana- , back, kamptos, bent, and odon, tooth, alluding to reflexed exostome teeth  +
Anacolia +
Greek ana- , above, and koleos, sheath, alluding to leaf base not sheathing  +
Anagallis +
Greek anagalao, to laugh, alluding to fabled power to alleviate sadness  +
Anaphalis +
An ancient name or, perhaps, derived from generic name Gnaphalium  +
Ancistrocactus +
Greek ankistron, fish hook, referring to hooked centr al spines, and Cactus, an old genus name  +
Ancistrocarphus +
Greek ankistros, fishhook, and karphos, chaff, alluding to staminate paleae of type species  +
Andreaea +
For J. G. R. Andreae, 1724–1793, apothecary of Hanover, Germany  +
Andreaeobryum +
Genus Andreaea and Greek bryon, moss, alluding to anomalous resemblance  +
Andromeda +
For Greek mythological daughter of Cepheus and Cassiope, married to Perseus  +
Androsace +
Greek, andros, male, and sakos, shield, alluding to anther shape  +
Androstephium +
Greek andros, stamen, and stephanos, crown, alluding to the apical appendages of the united filaments  +
Anelsonia +
For Aven Nelson, 1859–1952, American botanist who studied the flora of Wyoming and neighboring states  +
Anemia +
Greek aneimon, without clothing, referring to the absence of blade protection for the sporangia  +
Anemone +
etymology not clear: probably Greek anemos, wind  +, possibly from Naaman, Se for Adonis, whose blood, according to myth, produced Anemone coronaria  +
Anemopsis +
Greek anemone, the windflower, and opsis, appearance  +
Angelonia +
Latin rendering of Venezuelan common name angelon  +
Anisocarpus +
Greek anisos, unequal or dissimilar, and karpos, fruit, alluding to contrasting ray (fertile) and disc (sterile) ovaries in type species  +
Anisocoma +
Greek anisos, unequal, and coma, hair, alluding to pappus  +
Annona +
native Hispaniolan anon or hanon, given to A. muricata  +
Anoda +
Ceylonese vernacular name for a species of Abutilon  +
Anoectangium +
Greek anoiktos, opened, and angos, container, alluding to wide-mouthed capsule  +
Anomobryum +
Greek anomos, lawless or different, and bryon, moss, alluding to somewhat hypnaceous distal laminal cells  +
Anomodon +
Greek, anomalos, abnormal, and odon, tooth, alluding to reduced peristome  +
Anredera +
for Anreder, about whom nothing else is known  +
Antennaria +
Latin antenna, and aria, connection to or possession of, alluding to similarity of clavate pappus bristles in staminate florets to antennae of some insects  +
Anthemis +
Greek anthemon, flower  +
Antigonon +
etymology uncertain  +, perhaps Greek anti- , against, and gony, knee, alluding to angled stems, or Greek anti- , in place of, and genus Polygonum, alluding to affinity  +
Antirrhinum +
Greek anti, like or resembling, and rhinos, nose, alluding to shape of corolla  +
Antitrichia +
Greek anti, opposite, and thrix, hair, alluding to endostome segments opposite exostome teeth  +
Anulocaulis +
Latin anulus, ring, and caule, stem, in reference to the sticky internodal rings  +
Aongstroemia +
For Johan Ångström, 1813–1879, Swedish bryologist  +
Apacheria +
For Apache Indians  +
Aphanes +
Greek aphanes, unseen, invisible, alluding to inconspicuous nature of plants and/or flowers  +
Aphanisma +
Greek aphanes, obscure or inconspicuous  +
Aphanorrhegma +
Greek, aphanes, invisible,and rhegma, fracture, alluding to inconspicuous line of capsule dehiscence  +
Aphanostephus +
Greek aphanes, obscure, and stephanos, crown, apparently alluding to low coronal pappus of some species  +
Aphragmus +
Greek a-, not or without, and phragma, septum, alluding to its lack in fruit of some species  +
Aplectrum +
Greek a, without, and plectron, spur  +
Aplodon +
Greek haplo- , single, and odon, tooth, alluding to single layer of peristome teeth  +
Apodanthera +
Greek a- , without, podos, foot, and anthera, anther, alluding to sessile anthers  +
Aponogeton +
Greek, from aquatic habitat  +
Aptenia +
Greek a- , not, and pt enos, winged, in reference to the lack of wings on the capsules  +
Apteria +
Greek a, without, and pteron, wing  +
Aquilegia +
derivation disputed  +, possibly Greek aqua, water, and legere, to draw or collect, because of the wet habitat of some species or quantity of liquid nectar borne in spurs, or Latin aquila, eagle, because of similarity in shape of curved spurs of some European species to an eagle's talons  +
Arabidopsis +
Genus Arabis and Greek opsis, resembling  +
Arabis +
Latin Arabia  +
Arachniodes +
Greek arachnion, spider's web, and -odes, having the form or nature of  +, it has been suggested that Blume saw fungal hyphae or spider webs on his original material  +
Arbutus +
Classical Latin name for European strawberry tree, A. unedo Linnaeus  +
Arceuthobium +
Greek arceuthos, juniper, and bios, life, alluding to A. oxycedri, which parasitizes that host  +
Archidium +
Greek arche, primitive form or nature, alluding to small, simple plants and cleistocarpous capsule  +
Arctanthemum +
Greek arktos, northern, and anthemon, flower, alluding to arctic range  +
Arctium +
Greek arktion, from arktos, bear, perhaps alluding to rough involucre  +
Arctoa +
Greek arktos, bear, alluding to an arctic or northern distribution  +
Arctomecon +
Greek arktos, bear, alluding to the long-pilose pubescence, and mekon, poppy  +
Arctostaphylos +
Greek arktos, bear, and staphyle, bunch of grapes, alluding to common name for A. uva-ursi  +
Arctotheca +
Greek arktos, brown bear, and theke, case, capsule, container, alluding to dense, woolly tomentum of cypselae of some species  +
Arctotis +
Greek arktos, brown bear, and ous, otos, ear, perhaps alluding to shape of pappus scales  +
Arctous +
Greek arktous, northern, alluding to distribution  +