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<i>buxus</i> +
A sea-nymph in Greek mythology, allusion obscure +
Aboriginal name in French Guiana +
Abridged from Greek Staphylodendron, ancient name for the genus +
After John Torrey (1796–1873), distinguished U.S. botanist +
After the Swedish botanist E. Tillands, 1640–1693 +
Alexander’s rock aster +
Alluding to Mohave River +
Alteration of genus name Lasianthus +
American Indian assimin through French asiminier +
An ancient name or, perhaps, derived from generic name Gnaphalium +
Anagram of Allium +
Anagram of Inula, name of another genus of Asteraceae +
Anagram of Myginda, to which these species had been referred +
Anagram of generic name Arabis +
Anagram of generic name Lasia (now Forsstroemia), alluding to similarity +
Anagram of generic name Malpighia +
Anagram of generic name Mitella +
Anagram of generic name Stenotus +
Anagram of genus name Pterogonium +
Anagram of specific epithet salmantica +
Anagram, for Thomas Smith, English microscopist, died ca. 1825 +
Ancient Arabic name +
Ancient Celtic name for plant known to Druids +
Ancient Greek asaron, name of an unknown plant +
Ancient Greek name for plants of the genus +
Ancient Greek name psidion for Punica, alluding to supposed resemblance +
Ancient Greek name used by Theophrastus for plant used to curdle milk +
Ancient Latin name for bramble, from ruber, red +
Ancient Latin or Greek plant name +
Ancient name for an endive-like plant, attributed to Pliny +
Ancient name for fleabane +
Ancient name used by Pliny for a Polygonum taxon +
Ancient name used by Theophrastus for a Salix taxon +
Ancient name, perhaps from Greek malache, mallow +
Apparently from Chinese name for one of the species +
Apparently from an African vernacular name +
Arabic alloeh, a name for these or similar plants +
Arabic assthirak, name for type species, S. officinalis +
Arabic lufah, name for L. aegyptiaca +
Arabic mouz +
Arabic name doronigi +
Arabic name qaqulleh +
Arabic qartam, safflower +
Arabic ribas, rhubarb, mistakenly applied to currants +
Arabic tamr, a tree with dark bark +
Arabic to Persian talkh chakok, a bitter herb +
Association with the disease scrofula by the doctrine of signatures +
Based on an anagram of Scott +
Blysmus, a genus name, and Greek - opsis, likeness +
C lassic Latin name derived from Greek ion, violet +
Carib Indian name for Manihot, erroneously applied +
Celtic ar mor, at seaside, alluding to habitat +
Ceylonese vernacular name +
Ceylonese vernacular name for a species of Abutilon +
Chilean Native American (Mapuche) name for hardwood of Amomyrtus luma +
Chinese name meaning "plant from the south" +
Classical Greek name for a water nymph, alluding to habitat +
Classical Latin name +
Classical Latin name for European strawberry tree, A. unedo Linnaeus +
Classical name for a species of myrtle +
Columbia (River), and doria, an early name for goldenrods +
Common name in Guiana +
Country name Mexico and Latin malva, mallow +
Derivation not given +
Derivation uncertain +
Derivation unknown +
Dioscoridean name for A. arboreum +
Diphasium, a generic name, and -astrum, incomplete resemblance +
Etymology not clear +
Etymology recondite +
Etymology uncertain +
Etymology unclear +
Etymology unknown +
For A. Q. Rivinus, 1652–1723, professor of botany at Leipzig +
For Abbé N. A. Pluche, 1688–1761, French naturalist +
A mythi-cal hermaphrodite monster, in reference to the original inclusion in Menispermaceae, where it was the only genus with bisexual flowers +
A name mentioned by Dioscorides, presumably for a plant now referable to Senecio or a related genus +
Alluding to imagined resemblance of leaves or fruits to those of a fig, Ficus carica, erroneously thought to be from Caria in southwestern Asia Minor +
Alluding to the Tamaulipan Desert region, to which the species is restricted +
America plus orchis, from the American distribution of this close relative of Eurasian Orchis +
Ancient Greek name for horseradish, or perhaps Celtic ar, near, mor, sea, and rich, against, alluding to habitat +
Ancient Latin name used by Pliny, probably corruption of barbascum, bearded, alluding to dense tomentum, or barbarum, medicinal plaster, alluding to use of some species +
Arabic melóchich, name for Corchorus olitorius Linnaeus, a salad plant in the East +
Arabic name alkemelyeh, perhaps alluding to alchemists' interest in reputed marvelous powers of its dew +
Arabic suaed, black, Arabic name for Suaeda vera Forsskål ex J. F. Gmelin +
Asa, honoring American botanist Asa Gray, 1810–1888, and Greek anthos, flower +
Attributed to Dioscorides, Greek petasos, broad-brimmed hat, alluding to large basal leaves +
Canada and Greek anthos, flower, alluding to mainly Canadian distribution +
Chinese yin, silver, and hing, apricot, in reference to appearance of the seed +
Cited by Dioscorides as Roman name for a species of Catananche Linnaeus (Asteraceae), applied here possibly alluding to similarity +
Classical Greek name, perhaps derived from pálin, again or once more, and oúron or oureó, urine or to make water, alluding to diuretic properties of roots and leaves of P. spina-christi +
Classical Latin for the English oak, Quercus robur, from some central European language +
Classical Latin name, from Greek figos, an oak with edible acorns, probably from Greek fagein, to eat +
Classical Latin, Pliny's name for Celtis australis Linnaeus, the "lotus" of the ancient world +
Classical Latin, from Greek kastanaion karuon, nut from Castania, probably referring either to Kastanaia in Pontus or Castana in Thessaly +
Derivation equivocal, perhaps from misreading of Latin azania, a kind of pine cone, or from Latin zamia, loss, from the "sterile appearance" of the pollen cones +
Derivation obscure, perhaps for Anders Kallström, 1733–1812, a contemporary of Scopoli +
Derivation uncertain, perhaps from Caiapó, river or native tribe of Amazonian Brazil +
Distorted Greek kodon, bell, and phoras, bearing, alluding to capsules with bell-shaped calyptrae +