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  +