Property:Etymology

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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  +