CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Volume 1This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from A to C. |
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1753 and Genera Acacia Acanthaceae Acanthaceae Origins anther anthos flower Apocynaceae Arnold Arboretum Asclepiadaceae Asteraceae Origins Australia banksia Benth Biographical Dictionary Biographical Notes Blume Botanical Garden Botanists Represented Brassicaceae Brassicaceae Origins Brazil British Cactaceae Origins Cape Carl Linnaeus Catalogue China Cucurbitaceae Dictionary of Botanists E.M. Tucker Endl Engl English Euphorbiaceae Euphorbiaceae Origins F.A. Stafleu Fabaceae Fabaceae Origins Genera Plantarum Gramineae Origins grass Greek Greek brachys short Greek chaite bristle Greek chamai Hawaii Hook.f Hunt Institute Portrait Ida Kaplan Langman Index Herbariorum India Institute Portrait Collection J.H. Barnhart Japan John H karpos fruit Kunth Kuntze Latin Liliaceae London Malaya Melastomataceae Muell Myrtaceae Myrtaceae Origins Nigeria Notes upon Botanists Orchidaceae Origins Orthographic variant Palmae Origins Paris Philippines plant collector Plants of Mexico referring Rubiaceae Rubiaceae Origins Scrophulariaceae Sotho South Africa Southern Africa Species Plantarum Species/Vernacular Names subsp T.W. Bossert thorn Thunb tree Umbelliferae Origins Willd Xhosa Yoruba Zulu