Title: A DICTIONARY OF CARNIVOROUS PLANT NAMES

Author: COLE PETER Subject: DICTIONARIES & ENCYCLOPEDIAS Source: Download book: Words Statistics: words statistics

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PETER COLE A DICTIONARY OF CARNIVOROUS PLANT NAMES **************************************** -their etymological derivations and meanings rev. 1.2 Peter Cole - July 1996 with the invaluable assistance of Dr. J. Schlauer -copy freely unaltered for non-commercial purposes This file is ordered by family/genus/species Sarraceniaciae named after the Canadian physician Dr. M. S. Sarrazin Darlingtonia named after the American botanist Dr. W. Darlington californica denotes origin of the plant - California Heliamphora Gr. 'helos' - marsh + Gr. 'amphora' - pitcher marsh pitcher, not sun pitcher! heterodoxa Gr. 'heteros' - other + Gr. 'doxa' - opinion glabra La. 'glaber' - hairless the pitcher walls(or whole plant in non-pitcher plants,) are hairless exappendiculata La. 'ex' - out of, from + La. 'appendiculum' - small addition the pitchers lack hoods glabella La. 'glaber' - smooth smooth-pitchered ionasii named after the American collector Jonah Boyan minor La. - less a small plant laevis La. 'laevus' - left nutans La. - nodding refers to the appearance of the flowers tatei named after the American botanist J. H. H. Tate macdonaldae named after the American collector Mrs. McDonald neblinae fr. La. 'nebula' - cloud, mist denotes origin of the plant - Cerro de la Neblina (Mountain of the Mists,) Venezuela parva La. - small small form Sarracenia named after the Canadian physician Dr. M. S. Sarrazin alata La. 'ala' - wing winged - refers to the broad keel flava La - yellow the Yellow Trumpet Pitcher leucophylla Gr. 'leukos' - white + Gr. 'phyllon' - leaf white-leaved oreophila Gr. 'oros' - mountain + Gr. 'philos' - friend plant "loves" montane habitats psittacina Gr. 'psittakos' - parrot refers to the 'parrot-beaked' pitchers purpurea La. 'purpureus' - purple a purple plant heterophylla Gr. 'heteros' - other + Gr. 'phyllon' - leaf different leaves (in Winter and Summer) venosa La. 'vena' - vein plant with purple venation burkii named after the American horticulturist L. Burk rubra La. - red refers to the hue of the plant and its flowers alabamensis denotes origin of the plant - Alabama gulfensis > denotes origin of the plant - the Gulf (of Mexico) jonesii named after the American botanist Dr. F. M. Jones wherryi named after the American botanist Dr. E. T. Wherry Byblidaceae named after the Greek nymph Byblis Byblis named after the Greek nymph Byblis gigantea La. 'giganteus' - giant giant form liniflora La. 'linum' - flax + La. 'flos' - flower flax-flowered occidentalis fr. La. 'occidens' - sunset, west growing in the west of the region Cephalotaceae Gr. 'kephale' - head refers to the anthers which are head-shaped Cephalotus Gr. 'kephale' - head refers to the anthers which are head-shaped follicularis La. 'folliculus' - small bag refers to the shape of the pitchers Roridulaceae La. - 'roridus' - dewy the plant has a dewy appearance Roridula La. 'roridus' - dewy the plant has a dewy appearance dentata La. 'dentatus' - toothed the leaves are toothed gorgonias fr. La. 'Gorgo' - Gorgon, a mythical monster the leaves look like Medusa's snakes Droseraceae Gr. 'drosos' - dew dewy plant Aldrovanda named after the Italian botanist U. Aldrovandi vesiculosa La. 'vesicula' - dimin. of 'vesica' - bladder, bubble refers to the hollow floats that keep the plant buoyant Dionaea named after the Greek goddess Dione, mother of, or sometimes a synonym for, Aphrodite (La. Venus) muscipula La. 'muscipula' - mousetrap refers to it's manner of action (nice pun on 'musca' - fly, too) Drosera Gr. 'drosos' - dew dewy plant acaulis La. 'a-' - without + La. 'caulis' - stem, cabbage sessile leaves without petioles adelae named after Adele (female first name) affinis La. 'affinis' - bordering, related refers to its habit of growing ...? alba La. - white plant with white flowers aliciae named after Alice (female first name) andersoniana named after Anderson androsacea plants recalling those of the genus _Androsace_ (Primulaceae) anglica denotes origin of the plant - England arcturi La. 'Arcturi' - Arthur named after Mount Arthur, Tasmania where it was discovered arenicola La. 'arena' - sand + '-colus' - inhabiting habitually grows in sandy conditions banksii named after the British botanist J. Banks (who accompanied Cpt. Cook) barbigera La. 'barbiger' - bearded a hairy plant bequaertii named after the Belgian collector Bequaert binata fr. La. 'binus' - twofold the leaves are divided in two brevifolia La. 'brevis' - short + La. 'folium' - leaf short-leaved browniana named after the Australian collector A. Brown bulbigena La. 'bulbus' - bulb + La. 'genus' - bearing plant bearing bulbs (rather corms) bulbosa La. 'bulbus' - bulb the corm is bulbous like an onion major La. 'maior' - older, greater a large form of the species burkeana named after the S. African collector Burke burmannii named after the Dutch botanist Burman caledonica denotes origin of the plant - New Caledonia callistos Gr. 'kalos' - the best, most beautiful + superl. plant rather beautiful capensis denotes origin of the plant - Cape area, S. Africa capillaris La. 'capillus' - hair hairy brasiliensis denotes origin of the plant - Brazil cayennensis denotes origin of the plant - Cayenne, French Guiana cendeensis denotes origin of the plant - Paramo de Cende, Andes of Venezuela chrysolepis Gr. 'khrysos' - gold + 'lepis' - scale golden stipules cistiflora mod L. 'Cistus' fr. Gr. 'kistos' - rock rose + La. 'flos' - flower the cistus-flowered sundew citrina La. 'citrus' - lemon tree a yellow-flowered plant closterostigma Gr. 'klosteros' - spindle + Gr. 'stigma' - stigma spindle-shaped stigma collinsiae named after the S African collector Mrs. Collins colombiana denotes origin of the plant - Colombia communis La. - common a common sundew compacta fr La. 'compingere' - compact a compact plant cuneifolia La. 'cuneus' - wedge + La. 'folium' - leaf wedge-shaped leaves dichrosepala Gr. 'dikhros' - twofold + ML. 'sepalum' - sepal two-coloured sepals dielsiana named after the German botanist L. Diels - the monographer of Droseraceae dilatatopetiolaris La. 'dilatare' - spread out + La. 'petiolus' - little foot, stalk wide-petioled echinoblasta Gr. 'ekhinos' - hedgehog + Gr. 'blastos' - bud the stipule is bristled like a hedgehog elongata LL. 'elongare' - lengthen tapering leaves eneabba denotes origin of the plant - Eneabba, West Australia ericksoniae named after the Australian botanist Mrs. R. Erickson erythrogyne Gr. 'erythros' - red + Gr. 'gyne' - woman female flower parts red erythrorhiza Gr. 'erythros' - red + Gr. 'rhiza' - root red root collina La. 'collis' - hill plant from colline habitats magna La. 'magnus' - large, great a large plant squamosa La. 'squamosus' - scaly a scaly plant esmeraldae denotes origin of the plant - La Esmeralda, Venezuela falconeri named after the Australian collector D. Falconer felix La. 'felix' - auspicious, lucky the discovery of this plant caused delight filiformis La. 'filum' - thread + form thread-like leaves tracyi named after the American Tracy fimbriata La. 'fimbriatus' - fringe fringed with hairs gigantea La. 'gigant-' - giant a large plant geniculata La. 'geniculatus' - jointed glabripes La. 'glaber' - smooth, hairless + La. 'pes' - foot plant with a hairless base glanduligera La. 'glandium' - gland + 'gerus' - bearing bearing glands graminifolia La. 'gramen' - grass + La. 'folium' - leaf grass-like leaves graniticola La. 'granum' - grain=>granite + La. 'colus' - inhabiting denotes the habit of growing on granite grievei named after the Australian botanist B. J. Grieve hamiltonii named after the Australian Hamilton helodes Gr. 'helos' - marsh plant growing in +/- humid conditions heterophylla Gr. 'heteros' - other + Gr. 'phyllon' - leaf different leaves hilaris La. fr. Gr. 'hilaros' - cheerful huegelii named after the Austrian collector Huegel humbertii named after the French collector Humbert hyperostigma Gr. 'hyperon' - club + Gr. 'stigma' - stigma club-shaped stigma indica denotes origin of the plant - India insolita La. 'in-' - not + La. 'solitarius' fr. La. 'solus' - alone growing insulated (in Africa) from its closest allies (from Asia and Australia) intermedia La. 'inter' - among + La. 'medius' - middle medium-sized and shaped kaieteurensis denotes origin of the plant - the Kaieteur Falls in Guyana katangensis refers to origin of the plant - Katanga, Zaire lanata La. 'lanatus' - woolly the plant is covered in tomentum lasiantha Gr. 'lasios' - woolly + Gr. 'anthos' - flower hairy-flowered leioblasta Gr. 'leios' - smooth + Gr. 'blastos' - bud stipule buds smooth leucoblasta Gr. 'leuko' - white + Gr. 'blastos' - bud the stipule of this species is markedly white linearis La. 'linea' - straight fr. La. 'linum' - flax straight-(vertical)-leaved lowriei named after the Australian botanist A. Lowrie macrantha Gr. 'makro-' fr. Gr. 'makros' - long, large + GR. 'anthos' - flower large flowers eremaea named after the Australian desert macrophylla Gr. 'makro-' fr. Gr. 'makros' - long, large + Gr. 'phyllon' - leaf large-leaved madagascariensis denotes origin of the plant - Madagascar mannii named after the Australian collector P. Mann marchantii named after the Australian botanist Dr. N. Marchant prophylla shoot base bears numerous prophylls with reduced lamina menziesii named after the British collector Menzies basifolia La. 'basis' - pedestal, base + La. 'folium' - leaf growing up from a basal rosette penicillaris La. 'penicillus' - painter's brush, pencil growing straightly, in the form of a rod thysanosepala Gr. 'thysanos' - tassel + ML. 'sepalum' - sepal sepals hairy meristocaulis Gr. 'meristos' - divided + Gr. 'kaulos' - shoot plant with branched shoots microphylla Gr. 'mikro-' fr. Gr. 'mikros' - small + Gr. 'phyllon' - leaf small-leaved microscapa Gr. 'mikro-' fr. Gr. 'mikros' - small + La. 'scapus' - beam short-scaped miniata La. 'miniatulus' - painted red coloured red modesta La. 'modestus' - keeping due measure modest, unassuming montana La. 'montanus' - montane growing in a mountainous habitat hirtella La. 'hirtus' - shaggy schwackei named after the German collector Schwacke tomentosa La. 'tomentum' - stuffing, padding a tomentose plant myriantha Gr. 'myrioi' - a million + Gr. 'anthos' - flower many-flowered natalensis denotes origin of the plant - Natal area, S. Africa neesii named after the German botanist Nees von Esenbeck borealis La. 'Boreas' - North wind, north grows in ...

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