By Allen J. Coombes
Botanical names may be baffling to even the main skilled gardener. yet a plant's botanical identify is greater than only a convenient label—it can inform a plant's state of foundation, the form of its leaves, the colour of its petals, and masses extra.
The A to Z of Plant Names clears the confusion and permits each gardener to call crops with self belief. This entire but convenient advisor beneficial properties the botanic names of the crops that gardeners particularly develop. additional info comprises advised pronunciation, the typical identify, the derivation of the medical identify, the variety of species presently authorized, the kind of plant and the distribution.
The A to Z of Plant Names is helping demystify names, offers readers with the fascinating history details to naming conventions, and empowers gardeners in every single place to think convinced approximately naming plants.
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Extra resources for The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants
Stoy-kuhs. French lavender. From the Gk. identify utilized by Dioscorides, that means from the Stoechades (now Iles d’Hyères), France. subsp. pedunculata (Mill. ) Samp. ex Rozeira = L. pedunculata Lavatera arborea L. = Malva dendromorpha ×clementii Cheek = Malva × clementii maritima Gouan = Malva wigandii olbia L. = Malva olbia thuringiaca L. = Malva thuringiaca lavender Lavandula. universal L. angustifolia. Dutch L. ×intermedia. English L. angustifolia. French L. dentata, L. stoechas. Spanish L. pedunculata lavender cotton Santolina chamaecyparissus lead plant Amorpha canescens leatherleaf Chamaedaphne calyculata leatherwood Eucryphia lucida. dwarf E. milliganii Ledum groenlandicum Oeder = Rhododendron groenlandicum leek, backyard Allium ampeloprasum Porrum crew. three-cornered A. triquetrum. wild A. ampeloprasum Legousia Durand (Campanulaceae). luh-gue-see-uh. After French aristocrat and educational Bénigne Le Gouz de Gerland (1695–1774), who based the botanic backyard in Dijon. 6 spp. ann. herbs. Medit. speculum-veneris (L. ) Chaix. spek-ew-loom-ven-e-ris. Venus’s having a look glass. Lat. replicate of Venus. C and S Eur. lemon Citrus × limon lemon balm Melissa officinalis lemon verbena Aloysia citrodora lemonwood Pittosporum eugenioides Lenten rose Helleborus orientalis Leonotis (Pers. ) R. Br. (Lamiaceae). lee-on-oh-tis. From Gk. lion’s ear, which the plants were stated to resemble. nine spp. , perenn. herbs, sub-shrubs. Trop. and S Africa. leonurus (L. ) R. Br. lee-on-ew-roos. Lion’s tail. Gk. a lion’s tail (the inflorescence has been likened to one). Leontopodium (Pers. ) R. Br. (Asteraceae). lee-on-toh-poh-dee-oom. From Gk. lion’s foot. fifty eight spp. perenn. herbs. Eur. , Asia. alpinum Cass. = L. nivale subsp. alpinum nivale (Ten. ) Hand. -Mazz. ni-vah-lee. Lat. of the snow. subsp. alpinum (Cass. ) Greuter. al-pie-noom. Edelweiss. Lat. of the Alps. Mts. of Eur. leopard’s bane Doronicum pardalianches Leptinella Cass. (Asteraceae). lep-tin-el-uh. Diminutive of Gk. narrow. 33 spp. perenn. herbs. New Guinea, Australia, NZ, S S Am. , Antarctic Is. dendyi (Cockayne) D. G. Lloyd & C. J. Webb. den-dee-ee. After English zoologist and botanist Arthur Dendy (1865–1925), who was once a pal of writer Leonard Cockayne. NZ. minor Hook. f. mie-nuh. Lat. small. NZ. potentillina F. Muell. poh-ten-til-ee-nuh. Lat. like Potentilla. NZ (Chatham Is. ). squalida Hook. f. skwo-li-duh. Lat. soiled (the flower colour). NZ. Leptospermum J. R. & G. Forst. (Myrtaceae). lep-toh-sperm-oom. Tea tree. Gk. slender-seeded. eighty five spp. , shrubs, timber. Australia and NZ to Malaysia. lanigerum (Sol. ex Aiton) Sm. la-nij-uh-room. Woolly tea tree. Lat. woolly (the foliage). SE Australia, Tasmania. scoparium J. R. & G. Forst. skoh-pair-ree-oom. Manuka, tea tree. Lat. broom-like. SE Australia, Tasmania, NZ. ‘Chapmanii’. chap-man-ee-ee. After Sir Frederick Revans Chapman (1849–1936), NZ pass judgement on, who came across it. ‘Keatleyi’. keet-lee-ee. After Edward John Keatley (1875–1962), NZ sea captain, who chanced on it. Lespedeza Michx. (Fabaceae). les-ped-ee-zuh. After Vicente de Cespedes y Velasco (d. 1794), Spanish governor of West Florida 1784–90. 35 spp. , herbs, shrubs.