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unusual facts about botanical name


Valid name

A validly published name in botany, not necessarily legitimate or correct.


Cyathea macarthurii

The specific epithet honours Sir William Macarthur (1800–1882), horticulturalist, botanist and vigneron in New South Wales, who did much to establish an Australian wine industry.

Daphne tangutica

The Latin specific epithet tangutica derives from an historical tribe of what is now north western China, but has been a synonym for Tibet, part of the plant's native range.

Pseudo-

An example is the Iris species Iris pseudacorus, by having leaves similar to those of Acorus calamus in the Acorus genus, having pseud—acorus ('false-acorus') in its botanical name.

Tuber donnagotto

The specific epithet donnagotto refers to the names of the Lagotto Romagnolo dogs ("Donna" and "Gotta") that found the truffles.

Uncaria

Uncaria was named in 1789 by Johann von Schreber in his Genera Plantarum edition 8a (not to be confused with books of the same title by Linnaeus, Jussieu, and others).

Viburnum farreri

The Latin specific epithet farreri commemorates the English plant collector Reginald Farrer.


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Calamus, Iowa

Calamus was named after Calamus creek, which received its name from the great quantities of sweet flag growing in it, from which the botanical name Acorus calamus, commonly called Sweet Flag or Calamus.

Gand

, the standard author abbreviation used to indicate Michel Gandoger as the author when citing a botanical name

Panzhihua

Was identified, confirmed that this is a rare new species of Cycas, known as "Panzhihua Cycad" and given the botanical name Cycas panzhihuaensis.

Thillai Nataraja Temple, Chidambaram

The story of Chidambaram begins with Lord Shiva strolling into the Thillai Vanam (vanam meaning forest and thillai trees - botanical name Exocoeria agallocha, a species of mangrove trees - which currently grows in the Pichavaram wetlands near Chidambaram).

Ulava charu

In Telugu language, spoken locally, Ulava (singular)/Ulavalu (plural) means Horse gram, a legume with the botanical name Macrotyloma uniflorum and Charu or Chaaru means soup.