Sappi What's in a Name: The Meanings of the Botanical Names of TreesLatin is not as widely spoken as it once was, even among well-educated people. Therefore, names that were once self-explanatory have, for most of us, lost their simplicity and become obscure. |
Common terms and phrases
Acacia American vernacular name Angola anther anthos Arabic name Australia bark Berlin botanical collector botanist botany bracts branches Brazil Brazilian vernacular name calyx Carl China Classical Greek name Classical Latin name collected extensively collected plants collected the type colour Cycad dendron derived director discovered East Eastern Cape Eucalyptus explorer False fera Ficus Flora flowers Forest French botanist Friedrich fruit genus George German glands Greek brachys Greek pseudo Guyanese vernacular name hairs hairy Herbarium horticulturist Hyperacanthus Indian vernacular name inflorescence Johann John karpos KwaZulu-Natal leaf leaflets leaves Limpopo Province lobes Ludwig Madagascar Malagasy missionary Moçambique Mpumalanga Namibia naturalist palm petals phyllon Pine plant collector pods Pretoria professor of botany Protea pteron referring resembling resin Royal Botanic Gardens Sappi seeds South Africa South American vernacular species sperma spike stalk stamens stem stigma thorns tree type specimen veins vernacular name Wilhelm William wing wood xylon Zimbabwe