The Names of Plants

Glossary Bunium a name, bounion, used by Dioscorides buphthalmoides Buphthalmum-like, bou-ofqalmoj-oeidhj Buphthalmum, buphthalmus Ox-eyed, from medieval Latin, oculus bovis (Dioscorides’ boufqalmon was a yellow ox-eyed composite) bupleuroides resembling Bupleurum, bou-pleura-oeidhj Bupleurum Ox-rib, bou-pleura, an ancient Greek name, boupleuroj, used by Nicander buprestius -a -um with bright metallic colours, like or of jewel beetles, Buprestidae Burbidgea, burbidgei for F. W. Burbidge (1847–1905). Collector in Borneo and Curator of the Botanic Garden, Trinity College Dublin Burchardia for H. Burchardt, physician and writer on plants burchardii for Oscar Burchard (c. 1864–1949), expert on Canary Island plants Burchellia for William John Burchell (1781–1863), plant collector in St Helena, Brazil and S Africa bureaui, bureauii, bureavii for Edouard Bureau (1830–1918), collector in China during 1894–8 bureauoides resembling Rhododendron bureauii burejaeticus -a -um from the Bureya mountains, north of the Amur basin, E Russia burgundensis -is -e from Burgundy (Burgundiones) burjaticus -a -um from Buryatiya, east of Lake Baikal, E Siberia (Buryatskaya) burkwoodii for Burkwood nursery, Kingston Hill, Surrey burmanicus -a -um (birmanicus) Burmese, from Myanmar (Burma) burmani-linearifolium Burman’s linear-leaved, botanical Latin from Burman and linea-folium Burmannia, burmannii either for J. Burmann (1707–79), physician, or Nicolaus Burmann (1733–93), Professor of botany at Amsterdam burnatii for Emile Burnat (1828–1920), French botanist burs-, bursa- leathery; pouch-, purse-, bursa, bursa bursa-pastoris shepherd’s purse, bursa-(pastor, pastoris) Bursaria Resembling-a-pouch, bursa (the fruiting capsule) Bursera, burseri, burserinus -a -um for Joachim Burser (1583–1649), author of Introductis ad Scientiam Naturalem (Burseraceae) bursiculatus -a -um formed like a purse, pouch-like, bursa Burtonia for D. Burton (d. 1792), Kew Gardens plant collector Butea for John Stuart, third Earl of Bute (1713–92), who negotiated the end of the Seven Years’ War with France Butia uncertain etymology Butomus Ox-cutting, bou-tomoj (a name used by Theophrastus, for the sharpedged leaves or the mouth bleeding caused by the acrid sap) (Butomaceae) butyraceus -a -um greasy, oily, buttery, bouturon, butyrum Butyrospermum Butter-seed, bouturon-sperma (oily seed of shea-butter tree) butyrosus -a -um greasy, buttery, bouturon, butyrum Buxbaumia, buxbaumii for Johann Christian Buxbaum (1683–1730), German botanical writer (the bug-on-a-stick-moss, for its capsule) buxi-, buxi Buxus-, box-, pucoj, of box, living on Buxus (symbionts, parasites and saprophytes) buxifolius -a -um box-leaved, Buxus-folium Buxus an ancient Latin name, buxus, used by Virgil, for B. sempervirens, pucoj (Buxaceae) Byblis for Byblis, the daughter of Melitus (insectivorous aquatic shrubs) (bubloj, papyrus) (Byblidaceae) byrs-, byrsa- pelt-, hide-, (leather-), bursa Byrsonima Hide-necessity, bursa-nimius (murice, important in leather tanning in Brazil) byssaceus -a -um like fine linen, cobwebbed, bussinoj byssinus -a -um textured or coloured like fine linen, bussinoj 81