The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants Manicaria Glove, manica (the spathe of the inflorescence) manicatus -a -um with a felty covering which can be stripped off, manicate, manicae, manicarum (literally, with long sleeves) manifestus -a -um obvious, evident, manifestus Manihot from the Tupi-Guarani name, manioca, for cassava (the flour prepared from the root is tapioca, from Tupi-Guarani, typyoca) manillanus -a -um from Manilla, Philippines manipuliflorus -a -um grouped, with few-flowered clusters, manipulatum manipuranus -a -um, manipurensis -is -e from Manipur, Assam, India manna having a sweet exudate, Arabic, mann, manna mannensis -is -e from the environs of the Mann river, Australia Mannia, mannii for Gustav Mann (1835–1916), collector for Kew in W Africa 1859–63, Inspector of Assam Forests Manniella diminutive of Mannia manniferus -a -um manna-bearing, manna-ferw (Aramaic, manna, for the exudate from Tamarix mannifera) mano- scanty-, manoj manopeplus -a -um with a thin cloak, scantily covered, manoj-peploj manriqueorum for Manrique de Lara, of the Manriques manshuricus -a -um, manshuriensis -is -e from Manchuria, Manchurian mantegazzianus -a -um for Paulo Mantegazzi (1831–1910), Italian traveller and anthropologist manticus -a -um of seers or soothsayers, mantij, mantikoj Mantissia Prophet, mantij (the flowers resemble a praying mantis) mantoniae for Professor Irene Manton (1904–88), fern cytologist of Leeds University and first woman president of the Linnean Society of London manuanus -a -um from the Manua Islands, SW Pacific manubriatus -a -um having a handle-like structure, manubrium, manubri manzanita Spanish vernacular for a small apple Mapania from a W African vernacular name mappa napkin(-textured), cloth(-textured), mappa, mappae maracandicus -a -um from Samarkand (Maracanda), Uzbekistan Maranta for Bartolomea Maranti, sixteenth-century Venetian botanist (Marantaceae) marantifolius -a -um having foliage resembling Maranta, Maranta-folium Marantochloa Maranti’s-grass, botanical Latin from Maranti and xloh Marasmius Withering, marasmoj (the scorched turf phase of the fairy ring, or the senescent fruiting body’s leathery texture) marathon fennel, maraqon Marattia for Giovanni Francesco Maratti (1723–77), Italian botanist, author of De floribus filicum (Marattiaceae) marcescens not putrefying, persisting, retaining dead leaves and/or flowers, marcesco, marcescere Marcgravia for Georg Markgraf (Marcgraf) (1610–1644), German engineer and geographer in Brazil (Marcgraviaceae) marckii for Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre Monnet de la Marck (1744–1829); French pre-Darwinian evolutionist (Lamarck) margaretae for Margaret Mee (1909–88), botanical illustrator of Brazilian plants margaritaceus -a -um, margaritus -a -um pearly, of pearls, margarithj, margarita, margaritae margaritae for Mlle Marguerite Closon margaritiferus -a -um bearing pearl, margarithj-ferw, margarita-fero magaritisporus -a -um having pearl-like spores, margarithj-sporoj marginalis -is -e of the margins, margined, margo, marginis marginatus -a -um having a distinct margin, margo, marginis (the leaves) Margyricarpus Pearl-fruit, margarithj-karpoj (the white berry-like achenes) mariae for either Mrs Mary Burbidge or Miss Mary Anderson 250