The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants tauri from the Taurus range, Asia Minor, Turkey tauricensis -is -e, tauricus -a -um from the Crimea (Tauria) tauricola inhabiting the Crimea (Tauric Chersonese) tauricus -a -um of the Crimea (Tauric Chersonese) taurinus -a -um from Turin, Italy (Augusta Taurinorum), or of bulls, tauri tauscheri for Gyula Tauscher (1832–82), Hungarian physician Tauschia for Ignaz Friedrich Tausch (1793–1848), naturalist and director of the Duke of Canal de Malabaillas’ garden, Prague Tavaresia for Joachim da Silva Tavares (1866–1931), Portuguese cleric and botanist (some attribute it for Jose Tavares de Macedo) Taverniera for J. B. Tavernier (1605–89), traveller in the Levant tax-, taxi-, taxo- orderly-, order-, tassw, tassein, tacij taxi-, taxi yew-like-, resembling Taxus, living on Taxus (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes) taxicolus -a -um living with or on yew, Taxus-colo taxifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Taxus, Taxus-folium Taxillus Little-dice, taxillus taxodioides resembling Taxodium, Taxodium-oides Taxodium Yew-like, resembling Taxus, botanical Latin from Taxus and wdhj (Taxodiaceae) taxoides resembling yew, Taxus-oides taxonomy orderly law, classification, tacij-nomoj taxophilus -a -um yew-loving, botanical Latin from Taxus and filoj (and also other material) Taxus the ancient Latin name, taxus, for yew of Dioscorides, poisonous in all parts except the fleshy aril; taxon a bow (Taxaceae) taygetes, taygeteus -a -um from the Taíygetos mountain range, S Greece, (Taygete was a Pleiad) tazettus -a -um little cup, tazeta (the corona of Narcissus tazetta) Tchihatchewia, tchihatchewii for Count Pierre A. de Tchihatchef (1812–90), Russianborn traveller and writer technicus -a -um special, technical, artistic, texnikoj Tecoma, Tecomaria from the Mexican name, tecomaxochitl Tecomanthe Tecoma-flowered, Tecoma-anthus Tecomella feminine diminutive from Tecoma Tecophilaea for Tecofila Billiotti-Colla, botanical illustrator, daughter of Professor Luigi Colla of Turin (Tecophilaeaceae) Tectaria Roofed, tectum (the complete indusium) tectificus -a -um sheltering, forming a roof, tectum-(facio, facere, feci, factum) Tectiphiala Bowl-roofed, botanical Latin from tectum and fialh Tectona from the Tamil name, tekka, for teak tectorius -a -um, tectorus -a -um of a plasterer; of rooftops, growing on rooftops, of the tiles, tectum, tecti tectus -a -um with a thin covering, hidden, tectate, tego, tegere, texi, tectum Teedia for J. G. Teede, German botanist and traveller Teesdalia for Robert Teesdale (c. 1740–1804), Yorkshire botanist and author of a Flora of Castle Howard tef the Arabic name for Eragrostis abyssinica (tef grass) tegens covering, hiding, concealing, protecting, tego, tegere, texi, tectum tegetiformis -is -e mat-like, forming mats, tegetis-forma tegetus -a -um mat-like, teges, tegetis tegmentosus -a -um roof-like, covering, tegimen, tegiminis tegulaneus -a -um overlapping, like tiles, tegula, tegulae tegumentus -a -um covered (e.g. indusiate), tego, tegere, texi, tectum Teijsmanniodendron for Johannes Elias Teijsmann (Teysmann) (1808–82), Dutch botanist at the Bogor Buitenzorg gardens, Java, botanical Latin from Teijsmann and dendron 372