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 akantha anther anthos flower Apocynaceae Arboretum of Harvard Arnold Arboretum Asclepiadaceae Asteraceae Origins Australia 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 Gesneriaceae Gramineae Origins grass Greek 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 naturalist Nigeria Notes upon Botanists orchid Orthographic variant Palmae Origins Paris Pflanzennamen Philippines plant collector Plants of Mexico Plinius referring Regnum Vegetabile vol Rhodesia 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
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