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List Of Plant Genus Names With Etymologies (L–P)
Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Many of these plants are listed in ''#References, Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners''. William T. Stearn, William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society, a president of the Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society and the original drafter of the ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants''. The first column below contains Spermatophyte, seed-bearing genera from Stearn and other sources as listed, excluding those names that no longer appear in more modern works, such as ''#References, Plants of the World'' by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael Francis Fay, Michael F. Fay and Mark Wayne Chase, Mark W. Chase. ''Plants of the World'' is also used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Plant Genus Names With Etymologies (A–C)
Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's ''Species Plantarum'' in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Many of these plants are listed in ''#References, Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners''. William T. Stearn, William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society, a president of the Linnean Society of London, Linnean Society and the original drafter of the ''International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants''. The first column below contains Spermatophyte, seed-bearing genera from Stearn and other sources as listed, excluding those names that no longer appear in more modern works, such as ''#References, Plants of the World'' by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael Francis Fay, Michael F. Fay and Mark Wayne Chase, Mark W. Chase. ''Plants of the World'' is also used f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonotis Leonurus00
''Leonotis'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae.Raymond M. Harley, Sandy Atkins, Andrey L. Budantsev, Philip D. Cantino, Barry J. Conn, Renée J. Grayer, Madeline M. Harley, Rogier P.J. de Kok, Tatyana V. Krestovskaja, Ramón Morales, Alan J. Paton, and P. Olof Ryding. 2004. "Labiatae" pages 167-275. In: Klaus Kubitzki (editor) and Joachim W. Kadereit (volume editor). ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume VII. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. One species, ''Leonotis nepetifolia'', is native to tropical Africa and southern India. It is naturalized throughout most of the tropics. The other species are endemic to southern + eastern Africa.Mattias Iwarsson and Yvette Harvey. 2003. "Monograph of the genus ''Leonotis'' (Pers.) R.Br. (Lamiaceae)". ''Kew Bulletin'' 58(3):597-645. ''Leonotis'' was named by Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.Robert Brown. 1810. ''Prodromus Florae Nova ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lathraea Clandestina - Revue Horticole - 1893
''Lathraea'' (toothwort) is a small genus of five to seven species of flowering plants, native to temperate Europe and Asia. They are parasitic plants on the roots of other plants, and are completely lacking chlorophyll. They are classified in the family Orobanchaceae. The toothwort is a protocarnivorous plant. Most of the plant consists of a branched whitish underground stem closely covered with thick fleshy colourless leaves, which are bent over so as to hide the under surface; irregular cavities communicating with the exterior are formed in the thickness of the leaf. On the inner walls of these chambers are stalked hairs, which when stimulated by the touch of an insect send out delicate filaments by means of which the insect is killed and digested. Etymology The genus name ''Lathraea'' derives from the ancient greek (), meaning "clandestine", which is a reference to the fact that it is inconspicuous until it flowers. Phylogeny The phylogeny of the genera of R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampranthus Glaucoides 3
''Lampranthus'' is a genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, indigenous to southern Africa. Description The genus name ''"Lampranthus"'' means ''"shining-flowers"'' in Greek, and the species of this genus have unusually large, bright flowers, of a range of colours (sometimes even bi-coloured), that usually appear in summer, and frequently cover the plants entirely. The species of this genus typically have long, smooth, elongated, succulent leaves. These can be triangular or cylindrical, and like all plants in its family, appear in opposite pairs on the shrubs' branches. ''Lampranthus'' can be clearly distinguished from related genera by its seed capsules. The seed capsules of all of these genera have triangular valves, which open when they become wet, exposing the seed chambers (locules). In contrast to ''Ruschia'', each valve in a ''Lampranthus'' capsule has two wings, on either side of it, but no visible closing body. Unlike in '' Delosperma'', the seeds in ''La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamium Album4 Ies
''Lamium'' (dead-nettles) is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, of which it is the type genus. They are all herbaceous plants native to Europe, Asia, and northern Africa, but several have become very successful weeds of crop fields and are now widely naturalised across much of the temperate world. Description The genus includes both annual and perennial species; they spread by both seeds and stems rooting as they grow along the ground. They have square stems and coarsely textured pairs of leaves, often with striking patterns or variegation. They produce double-lipped flowers in a wide range of colours. The common name "dead-nettle" has been derived from the German ''taube-nessel'' ("deaf nettle", or "nettle without a kernel"), and refers to the resemblance of '' Lamium album'' to the very distantly related stinging nettles, but unlike those, they do not have stinging hairs and so are harmless or apparently "dead". Several close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harestail Grass
''Lagurus'' is a genus of Old World plants in the grass family, native to the Mediterranean Basin and nearby regions, from Madeira and the Canary Islands to Crimea and Saudi Arabia. It is also naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, the Azores, Ireland and Great Britain, and scattered locations in the Americas. The only known species is ''Lagurus ovatus'', commonly called hare's-tail, hare's-tail grass or bunnytail. It is also grown as an ornamental plant for its attractive flower panicles. Description ''Lagurus ovatus'' is a clump-forming annual growing to tall by tall, with pale green grassy foliage and numerous short, oval green flowerheads, turning to a buff colour as they ripen, all summer long. Diagnostic features * Awns are 8–20 mm * Leaves and sheaths are softly pubescent * Panicle measure 1–7 × 0.5–2 cm * Spikelets are 7–10 mm * Stems grow erect, up to 60 cm * Chromosome number is (2''n''=14) Distribution Native to the Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagenaria Siceraria Swan Pumpkins Green Detail
''Lagenaria'' is a genus of gourd-bearing vines in the squash family ( Cucurbitaceae). ''Lagenaria'' contains six species, all of which are indigenous to tropical Africa."Pollinators and biological diversity: the case of the bottle gourd (''Lagenaria siceraria'') in Kenya" by Morimoto Y., Gikungu M., and Maundu P., year 2004 "Notes on ''Lagenaria'' and ''Cucurbita'' (''Cucurbitaceae'')" , by Herwig Teppner, year 2004 on page 252. The best-known species, the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lactuca Tatarica Milchsaft
''Lactuca'', commonly known as lettuce, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus includes at least 50 species, distributed worldwide, but mainly in temperate Eurasia. Its best-known representative is the garden lettuce (''Lactuca sativa''), with its many varieties. "Wild lettuce" commonly refers to the wild-growing relatives of common garden lettuce. Many species are common weeds. ''Lactuca'' species are diverse and take a wide variety of forms. They are annuals, biennials, perennials, or shrubs. Their flower heads have yellow, blue, or white ray florets. Some species are bitter-tasting. Most wild lettuces are xerophytes, adapted to dry habitat types. Some occur in more moist areas, such as the mountains of central Africa. Diversity There are different concepts of the species within ''Lactuca''. It is not clear how many distinct species are known, and estimates vary from 50 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Redroot (Lachnanthes Caroliana) (7450499000)
''Lachnanthes'' is a genus of monocotyledonous plants in the bloodwort family containing only one species, i.e., ''Lachnanthes caroliniana'', commonly known as Carolina redroot or bloodroot. The plant is native to eastern North America, from southeastern Nova Scotia (especially the Molega Lake area) and Massachusetts in the north, south to Florida and Cuba, and west along the Gulf of Mexico to Louisiana. It has also been reported from an island in the western Caribbean off the coast of Honduras. It prefers wet, acidic, usually sandy soils, restricting it to various wetland habitats such as bogs, pinelands, hammocks and pocosins, among others. The plant's common name is based on its red roots and rhizome In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...s. Its flowers, con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
