onz Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) Recieved a great handout sheet last week in tafe. It has many of the latin plant names transalted into english. I found it quite amazing, as one can get and image of the plant just by looking at the latin name. Great for new member/gardners, and anyone who has trouble with these latin names, I always found them hard to remember but won't be a problem now. COLOURS alba - White argentea - Silvery atropurpurea - Dark Purple aurea - Golden caerulea - Sky Blue chryso' - Yellow cinerea - Ash-Grey citrina - Lemon/yellow coccinea - Scarlet cyanea - Blue flavovirens - Greenish-yellow fulva - Reddish-brown fuscum - Dark Brown glauca - Blue-grey grisea - Greyish lutea - Yellow nigra - Black nitens - Shining nivea - Snowy purpurea - Purlple rosea - Pink rubra - Red sanguineus - Blood Red sulfurea -Sulfur yellow viridus - Green FEATURES aculeata - Prickly aphyllum - Leafless dentata - Toothed dumosa - Bushy elata - Tall eremaea - Occurs in desert fastigatum - Upright/culmnar frutiscosa - Shrubby gibbosa - Humped or swollen glutinosa - Sticky grandis - Tall or large hirsuta - Hairy lanata - Wooly nana - Dwarf nutans - Nodding obtusa - Blunt oreades - of Mountains praemorsa - Cut off prostrata - Ground cover pumilla - Small or tiny scabra - Rough scandens - Climbing sericea - Silky striata - Lines along stem Taking longer than i thought and my lack of knowledge with forum software makes it worse. I will complete the rest of it 2morrow or 2night. I still need to cover the Shapes, Origins, Prefixes, Extensions, and Sizes. I cannot cover pronounciations. So hopefully some1 else can. Edited February 14, 2007 by onz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace Posted February 14, 2007 Top work Onz! This should be a really good thread when its all done! coccinea - Scarlet Funny to see this as we were just recently discussing the colour coccineal or something similar - a dark red dye that was originally sourced from cacti bugs! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Torsten Posted February 14, 2007 It has most of the latin plant names transalted into english. I like latin names exactly because of this reason. However, I think to say that this covers MOST epithets is a little ambitious. I recently came across a list of about 30 pages and even that was not complete. Will see if I can find it again and post it here as it would be a good reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace Posted February 14, 2007 That would be invaluable Torsten! Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onz Posted February 14, 2007 (edited) When I said most, I was thinking of the ones I knew. Bit missleading, as I have no idea how broad the latin names stretch. 30 pages sounds enormus, I have 2 pages Alright I now remember teacher saying he typed it up a couple years back. I'm pretty sure theres a few mistakes, like for decurrens he's put postrate - but I'm not sure if thats an actual word, if it was shouldn't it be next to postrata? Anyway, I'm sure you guys will fix any confusion. SHAPES acuta - Sharply Pointed angustifolia - Narrow arbourescens - Tree like cordata - Heart shaped cuneata - Wedge shaped decurrens - Postrate dumosa - Bushy filifolia - Thread like gibbosa - Humped or swollen graminea - Grass like humifusa - Spreading on ground pendula - Hangng down procera - Tall prostrata - Ground cover ramulosa - Many branches repens - Creeping scandens - Climbing stricta - Erect or Upright Alright I'm off for now, is there anyway I can put things side-by-side?as in, my first post has the colours and features below each other, but it would save space side-by-side. ORIGINS alpina - From the mountains australe - Southern calceolus - Growing on limestone clivicola - Growing on a slope diemenicus - From Tazmania eremaea - Occurs in desert hylonoma - In forests insularis - From an Island littoralis - of the Coast luticola - Living in mud montana - of the Mountains nemophila - Inhabiting woods nivalis - Growing in snow nymphaea - Inhabiting wet places occidentale - Western oreades - of Mountains orientale - Eastern paludosus - Growing in swamps papuana - From Papua New Guinea petreae - Of rocks rupestre - Growing among rocks silvestris - Growing in Forests Edit: Origins Edited February 14, 2007 by onz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MORG Posted February 14, 2007 Botanical Latin by William T. Stearn is the bible in this regard. You'll find everything in there. Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated; 4 edition (April 1, 2004) ISBN-10: 0881926272 ISBN-13: 978-0881926279 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naja naja Posted February 14, 2007 Countries: Indica = India Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whit3rabbit Posted February 14, 2007 Great reference, this will no doubt be invaluable to many members. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onz Posted February 15, 2007 (edited) PREFIXES bi' - Two brachy' - Short or broad brevi' - Short di' - Two eri' - Woolly lepto' - Slender long' - Long macro' - Big or Large mega' - Large micro' - Small minut' - Tiny pachy' - Thick platy' - Broad poly' - Many quad' - Four semi' - Half sub' - Slightly or Like tri' - Three xanth' - Yellow So we have brachy means short, and stacha means spikes. It goes on like this, great language. Examples binerura - Two prominent Veins on each Leaf brachystacha - Short Spikes brevifolia - Short Leaves distyla - Two styles eriocarpa - Wooly seed pods leptocarpa - Slender Fruit longifolia - Long foliage macrocarpa - Large nuts megacarpa - Large fruit microphylla - Tiny Leaves minutiflora - Small flowers pachycalyx - Thick Calyx in the flowers platyphylla - Broad leaves polyanthemos - Many flowers quadrangularis - Four sided leaves seminuda - Bare limbs subdentatus - slightly Toothed triloba - Three leaf parts xanthoxylon - Yellow Wood Time for some lunch, nearly finished Edited February 15, 2007 by onz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ace Posted February 15, 2007 Doing great onz! Keep it up champ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gerbil Posted February 15, 2007 Very nice onz, thanks for taking the time to write it out. And thanks morg, nice reference, will purchase that one day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pala Posted February 15, 2007 I was once curious about the meanings of some plant names. After some googling I came up with http://davesgarden.com/botanary/. Just scroll down and either click on the first letter of the word or type into the search bar. I was looking for quite a few names—it didn't have them all, but—it had most of them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onz Posted February 15, 2007 no worries, feals good to put something back into the cummunity. Specially since I've been outta work for 5 months. Thanx Pala that link pretty much covers pronounciation, and what evers missing in this thread. EXTENSIONS 'calyx - The Calyx is the outermost whorl of a Flower 'carpa - Refers to Fruit or Nuts 'clada - Refers to Branches 'ensis - From area of 'flora - Refers to Flowers 'folia - Refers to Foliage 'neura - Refers to Veins 'oides - Like the First part 'oxylon - Describing the Wood 'petalum - Describing the Petals 'phloia - Refering to the Bark 'phylla - Refers to Leaves 'sperma - Refers to Seeds Examples brachycalyx - Short Calyx macrocarpa - Large Nuts/Fruit acanthoclada - Thorny Branches yarraensis - From Yarra Valley grandiflora - Lots of Flowers longifolia - Long Foliage sanguinenura - Blood Red Veins cupressoides - Like a Cypress sideroxylon - Wood like Iron cryptopetalum - Hidden Petals dichromophloia - Two Coloured Bark macrophylla - Large Leaves xanthosperma - Yellow Seeds Only sizes left to do now. Time for some dinner Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
calyx Posted February 15, 2007 Am now considering a name change to brachycalyx. Great thread Onz, good onzya Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Korky Posted February 15, 2007 high five onz being a rookie to the ethno world getting my head around the naming is a battle but this is a big help, thanks a massive bunch of 'polyanthemos' bridging the gap fine effort ive got a 'sideroxylon' immature i know. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
onz Posted February 16, 2007 lol, good pun calyx, always liked the lame smartarseness of puns. Will Anderson was always good at'em SIZES curta - Short elata - Tall excelsa - Tall or Lofty exilis - Small and Thin fastigatum - Upright / Columnar frutiscosa - Shrubby grandis - Tall or Large mega' - Huge or Big minima - Tiny nana - Dwarf procera - Tall pumilla - Small or Tiny pygmaea - Small Well thats all the info I got. That link pala gave I think covers alot more than whats in this thread if anyone can't find what there looking for. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
