The A to Z of Plant Names by Allen J. Coombes

Author:Allen J. Coombes
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2012-03-01T05:00:00+00:00

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hackberry Celtis. Chinese C. sinensis. common C. occidentalis. Mediterranean C. australis. netleaf C. reticulata. southern C. laevigata

Hacquetia Necker ex DC. (Apiaceae). ha-ket-ee-uh. After Balthazar Hacquet (1739–1815), French-born Austrian physician, naturalist and geologist. 1 sp., herb. C Eur.

epipactis (Scop.) DC. e-pee-pak-tis. Gk. name for a plant used to curdle milk.

Hakonechloa Makino ex Honda (Poaceae). ha-kon-ee-kloh-uh. From Hakone (Japanese town) and Gk. grass. 1 sp., grass. Japan.

macra (Munro) Honda. mak-ruh. Lat. slender (it was originally named as a species of the much more robust Phragmites).

Halesia J. Ellis ex L. (Styracaceae). ha-leez-ee-uh, hale-zee-uh. After Stephen Hales (1677–1761), English clergyman, botanist and physiologist. 3 spp., shrubs, trees. E USA, China.

carolina L. ka-ro-lee-nuh. Silverbell, snowdrop tree. Lat. of the Carolinas. E USA. Monticola Group. mon-ti-ko-luh. Lat. growing on mountains. Vestita Group. vest-ee-tuh. Lat. clothed (with hairs, the leaves).

diptera Ellis. dip-tuh-ruh. Two-wing silverbell. Gk. two-winged (the fruit). SE USA. Magniflora Group. mag-ni-flaw-ruh. Lat. large-flowered.

monticola (Rehder) Sarg. = H. carolina Monticola Group. var. vestita Sarg. = H. carolina Vestita Group

tetraptera Ellis = H. carolina

×Halimiocistus Janch. (Cistaceae). ha-lim-ee-oh-sis-toos. From the names of the parents (Cistus × Halimium). Shrubs. S France.

sahucii (Coste & Soulié) Janch. sa-huek-ee-ee. After French notary and archaeologist Joseph Sahuc (1863–1924), who collected plants with authors Hippolyte Jacques Coste and Joseph Auguste Soulié in the early 20th cent. C. salviifolius × H. umbellatum.

wintonensis O. & E. F. Warb. winton-en-sis. Of Winchester (old name Winton), where it was raised. Cult.

Halimium (Dunal) Spach (Cistaceae). ha-lim-ee-oom. From the resemblance of the leaves of some to Atriplex halimus. 9 spp. shrubs. Medit.

calycinum (L.) K. Koch. kal-i-see-noom. Lat. with a (conspicuous) calyx. Spain, Portugal, Morocco.

commutatum Pau = H. calycinum

formosum (Curtis) Willk. = H. lasianthum

lasianthum (Lam.) Spach. laz-ee-anth-oom. Gk. with woolly flowers (long hairs on the sepals). Spain, Portugal. subsp. formosum (Curtis) Heywood = H. lasianthum

ocymoides (Lam.) Willk. ok-i-moy-deez. Like Ocimum. Spain, Portugal, Morocco.

umbellatum (L.) Spach. um-buhl-ah-toom. Lat. in umbels (the flowers).

Halimodendron Fisch. ex DC. (Fabaceae). ha-lim-oh-den-dron. Gk. of the sea, tree (it grows in salty places). 1 sp., shrub. E Eur., W and C Asia.

halodendron (Pall.) Voss. ha-loh-den-dron. Salt tree. Gk. salt tree.

Hamamelis L. (Hamamelidaceae). ha-muh-mel-is. Witch hazels. Gk. name used by Hippocrates for Mespilus germanica. From Gk. apple, together (the fruits and flowers are borne at the same time). 5 spp., shrubs, trees. E Canada, E and C USA, NE Mex., China, Korea, Japan.

‘Brevipetala’. brev-ee-pet-uh-luh. Lat. with short petals.

×intermedia Rehder. in-ter-mee-deeuh. Lat. intermediate (between the parents). H. japonica × H. mollis. Cult.

japonica Sieb. & Zucc. juh-pon-i-kuh. Japanese witch hazel. Of Japan. Korea, Japan.

mollis Oliv. mol-is. Chinese witch hazel. Lat. soft (with hairs, the leaves). Korea, Japan.

vernalis Sarg. ver-nah-lis. Ozark witch hazel. Lat. of spring (flowering). C USA.

virginiana L. vir-jin-ee-ah-nuh. Lat. of Virginia. E Canada, E and C USA, NE Mex.

handkerchief tree Davidia involucrata

Hardenbergia Benth. (Fabaceae). harduhn-berg-ee-uh. After Countess Franziska von Hardenberg (1794–1870). 3 spp. climbers. Australia.

violacea (Schneev.) Stearn. vie-o-lay-see-uh. Coral pea. Lat. violet (the flowers). SE Australia.

harebell Campanula rotundifolia

hare’s ear Bupleurum. shrubby B. fruticosum

harlequin glorybower Clerodendrum trichotomum

Harry Lauder’s walking stick Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’

Hatiora Britton & Rose (Cactaceae). hat-ee-or-ruh. Anagram of Hariota, which it was originally called, a name that had already been used.

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