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Thousands of plants have been named for people, including botanists and their colleagues, plant collectors, horticulturists, explorers, rulers, politicians, clerics, doctors, philosophers and scientists. [ 2 ] Even before Linnaeus, botanists such as Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Charles Plumier and Pier Antonio Micheli were naming plants for ...
Chestnut – Castanea spp. Chigger flower – Asclepias tuberosa. Chrysanthemum – Dendranthema grandiflora [vi], Chrysanthemum morifolium. (True) cinnamon – Cinnamomum verum. Clove – Syzygium aromaticum. Clover – Trifolium spp. Coakum – Phytolacca americana. Coconut – Cocos nucifera. Coffee plant – Coffea spp.
See also. Notes. Citations. References. Further reading. List of plant family names with etymologies. Irises, by Vincent van Gogh. The iris (from Greek for "rainbow") is in the family Iridaceae. Since the first edition of Carl Linnaeus 's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for ...
Contents. 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. [ 1 ] Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners.
It was known by the common name "poinsettia" as early as 1836, [8] derived from Joel Roberts Poinsett, a botanist and the first US Minister to Mexico. [9] Possibly as early as 1826, Poinsett began sending poinsettias from Mexico back to his greenhouses in South Carolina. [10] Prior to poinsettia, it was known as "Mexican flame flower" or ...
Taraxacum officinale, the dandelion or commondandelion, [ 6 ] is a herbaceous perennial flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae (syn. Compositae). The common dandelion is well known for its yellow flower heads that turn into round balls of many silver-tufted fruits that disperse in the wind. These balls are called "clocks" in both ...
This list has nature-, herb-, and food-inspired names from Rose to Sprout and everything in between, including rare and unique flower names. Cute Flower Names for Cats. Blossom. Bluebell. Daffodil ...
Violet is a female given name which comes from the eponymous flower.As with other such names, its popularity has varied dramatically over time. Flower names were commonly used from about 1880 through about 1910 in the United States, with usage dropping throughout the next 80 years or so; Violet was the 88th most frequent girls' given name in 1900, dropping below position 1000 by 1960.