The Names of Plants

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The Names of Plants hallianus -a -um for R. G. Hall, American physician in China hallii for Elihu Hall (1822–82), American Rocky Mountains botanist, or Sir Daniel Hall (1864–1942), author of The Genus Tulipa (1940) halo-, salt, saline, alj, aloj, alo- (the habitat), corn-, alwj Halocarpus Corn-fruited, alwj-karpoj; some interpret as Sea-fruit Halocharis Sea-beauty, alo-xarij Halocnemum Sea-leggings, alo-knhmij (jointed stems and habitat) halodendron maritime tree, tree of saline soils, alimoj-dendron Halodule Salt-forest, aloj-ulh; or Enslaved-by-the-sea, alo-douloj (a sea grass or shoalweed) Halogeton Sea-neighbour, alo-geitwn Halopegia Sea-fountain, alo-phgh (marantaceous continuity of emergent flowers); some interpret as Another-spring, alloj-phgh Halopeplis Sea-spurge, alo-peplij Halophila, halophilus -a -um Salt-loving, alo-filoj (sea grass) halophyticus -a -um salt-plant, halophyte, alo-futon Halophytum Salt-plant, alo-futon Halopyrum Sea-wheat, alo-puroj (dune grass) Haloragis (Halorrhagis) Seaside-berry, alo-(rak, ragoj) (the fruits of the coastal species) (Haloragaceae) Halosicyos Sea-cucumber, alo-sikuoj (habitat and fruit) Halothamnus Maritime-bush, alo-qamnoj (habitat and habit) Halotis Of-saline-habitats, alj, aloj Haloxylon Salt-wood, alo-zulon (the habitat) hama- together with-, amahamabo from Hama, N Syria hamadae together, neighbours, ama (the use of rattan to join things) Hamadryas, hamadryas Wood-nymph (in mythology, dying at the same time as its associated tree, ama-druj) (also used for a N African baboon of the stony deserts, hamada, and the king cobra) Hamamelis Greek name, amamelij, for a tree with pear-shaped fruits, possibly a medlar, some interpret as At-the-same-time-tree-fruit, ama-mhlon (Hamamelidaceae) hamatocanthus -a -um with hooked spines, hamatus-acanthus hamatopetalus -a -um having hook(-tipped) petals, botanical Latin from hamatus and petalon hamatus -a -um, hamosus -a -um hooked at the tip, hooked, hamatus hamiltonianus -a -um, hamiltonii for William Hamilton, American naturalist Hammarbya Kuntze’s name for Linnaeus, who had a house at Hammarby in Sweden Hammatolobium Knotted-pod, (amma, ammato)-loboj (contorted legume) hamosus -a -um hooked, hamatus Hampea for Georg Ernst Ludwig Hampe (1795–1880), German botanist hamulatus -a -um having a small hook, clawed, taloned, diminutive of hamus hamulosus -a -um covered with little hooks, hamus, hami Hanburia for Daniel Hanbury (1825–75), brother to Sir Thomas Hanbury (1832–1907), with whom he created La Mortola garden on the Italian Riviera, patrons of horticulture Hancockia for William Hancock (1847–1914), Irish botanist and collector for Kew Handelia for Heinrich Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti (1882–1940), Austrian botanist, collector in China, keeper of Vienna Natural History Museum hannibalensis -is -e from the environs of Hannibal, Missouri, USA hapalacanthus -a -um with soft thorns, apalo-akanqa Hapaline Delicate-one, apaloj (epiphytic aroid) hapalus -a -um, hapal- soft, apaloj, apalhapl-, haplo- simple-, single-, plain-, aplooj, aplouj, aplo-, aplhaplanthus -a -um having a single flower, apl-anqoj 190


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