The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants tyermannii for John Simpson Tyermann from Cornwall (c. 1830–89), Superintendent at Liverpool Botanic Garden c. 1871 Tylanthera Knob-like-anther, tulh-anqeroj tylicolor dark-grey, coloured like a woodlouse, modern Latin tylo- knob-, callus-, swelling-, tulh Tylocodon deceptive anagram of Cotyledon (not swollen-bell) tylodes knobbly, callosed, tulh-wdej Tylophora Callus-bearing, tulh-fora (for the pollen masses) Tylostigma Knob-like-stigma, tulh-stigma tympani- drum-, tympanum (typanum), tympani tymphresteus -a -um from Mount Tymphrestos (Timfrestos, Tymfristos), Greece Typha a Greek name, tufh, used by Theophrastus for various plants (Typhaceae) typhinus -a -um, typhoides bulrush-like, Typha-oides, relating to fever typhofolius -a -um with leaves resembling those of Typha Typhonium from an ancient Greek name; some derive as tufwnoj, a hurricane Typhonodorum Gift-of-the-storm, tufwnoj-dwron typicus -a -um, -typus the type, typical, tupoj -typus -original pattern, -figure, typus, typi tyrianthinus -a -um Purple-flowered, botanical Latin from Tyrus and anqinoj, scarletpurple-coloured (Tyrian purple, the scarlet dye from mollusc shells, porfuroj) tyrius -a -um royal purple, Tyrian purple, Tyrus Tytonia for A. Tyton, a patron of botany ( Hydrocera) tytthanthus -a -um small-flowered, titqoj-anqoj (Alchemilla tytthantha) tzumu a Chinese vernacular name for Sassafras tzumu, of which one plant was grown in Britain, in 1900, and lost when transplanted to Kew Uapaca from the Madagascar vernacular name ubatubanus -a -um from the environs of Ubatuba, SE Brazil uber -is -e breast, teat; rich, luxuriant, full, fruitful, uber, uberis uberiformis -is -e formed like a breast or udder, uberis-forma uberrimus -a -um very fruitful, superlative of uber Ubochea an anagram of Bouchea ucranicus -a -um from the Ukraine, Ukrainian udensis -is -e from the River Uda or the Uden district of Siberia udisilvestris -is -e of damp woodland undergrowth, udus-sylvestris Udora of water, udwr (the habitat) ( Elodea) uduensis -is -e from Udu, New Guinea udus -a -um wet, damp, udus ugandae, ugandensis -is -e from Uganda, E Africa Ugni, ugni from a Chilean vernacular name, uñi, for Ugni molinae (Myrtus ugni) -ugo -having (a feminine suffix in generic names) ugoensis -is -e from Mount Ugo, Luzon, Philippines ulcerosus -a -um full of sores, knotty, lumpy, ulcerosus Uleiorchis for Ernst Heinrich Georg Ule (1854–1915), German botanist and plant collector in S America -ulentus -a -um -abundant, -full, -being (comparative suffix) Uleophytum Ule’s-plant, botanical Latin from Ule and futon (vide supra) Ulex an ancient Latin name in Pliny for a thorny shrub ulicifolius -a -um with Ulex-like leaves, Ulex-folium ulicinus -a -um, ulicoides resembling Ulex, Ulex-oides uliginosus -a -um marshy, of swamps or marshes, uligo, uliginis Ullucus the Ecuadorian vernacular name, olloco, for the edible tubers of Ullucus tuberosus -ullus -a -um -smaller, -lesser Ulmaria, ulmaria Elm-like, Ulmus (Gesner’s name refers to the appearance of the leaves) 392