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  • 1906. David M. Bates Common names: Globemallow wild hollyhock Endemic Etymology: Derivation uncertain perhaps after Lake Iliamna in Alaska Treatment appears
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  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 38. 1754. John M. Miller Common names: Water chickweed Etymology: for Giuseppe Monti, 1682–1760, Italian botanist Synonyms: Claytoniella Yurtsev
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  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 535. 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5 240. 1754. Frederick G. Meyer Etymology: For Pierre Magnol (1638-1715), professor and director of the botanical
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  • Mellichamp Common names: Sundew catch-fly dew-threads droséra rossolis Etymology: Greek droseros, dewy, alluding to glistening glandular trichomes on leaves
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  • lyonii Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 336. 1840. Guy L. Nesom Etymology: Greek pente, five, and chaite, long hair, alluding to 5 pappus bristles
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  • Voy., 139. 1832. William Jones, James Henrickson Common names: Chamise Etymology: Greek a den, gland, and stoma, mouth, alluding to gland at rim of hypanthium
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  • Noccaea parviflora Moench Suppl. Meth., 89. 1802. Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Etymology: For Domenico Nocca, 1758–1841, Italian clergyman, botanist, director of
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  • John C. Semple, Michelle R. Leonard Common names: White-topped aster Etymology: Greek sericos, silky, and carpos, fruit, alluding to densely pubescent
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  • Natl. Herb. 16: 186, plate 50. 1913. Luc Brouillet Common names: Aster Etymology: For Clarence Luther Herrick, 1858–1903, geologist and botanical collector
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  • 334. 1840. Caleb A. Morse Common names: Goldenweed or mock goldenweed Etymology: Greek stenotes, narrowness, apparently alluding to width of leaves Synonyms:
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  • strobiliferum Linnaeus Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1246. 1759. Eric Hágsater Etymology: Greek epi -, on, and dendron, tree, alluding to the epiphytic habit Synonyms:
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  • Sp. Pl. 2: 611. 1753. Allan D. Nelson Common names: Turtlehead Endemic Etymology: Greek chelon, tortoise, alluding to fancied resemblance between flower
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  • Amer. Bor. 1: 162. 1848. Steve L. O’Kane Jr. Common names: Bladderpod Etymology: Greek physa, bladder, alluding to inflated fruits of some species Basionym:
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  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 71. 1754 ,. James L. Reveal Common names: Shootingstar Etymology: Greek dodeka, twelve, and theoi, gods, fanciful name given by Pliny to
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  • 5, 185. 1754 ,. Walter S. Judd, Kathleen A. Kron Common names: Azalea Etymology: Greek rhodon, rose and dendron, tree Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8
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  • 1754. Scott D. Sundberg†, David J. Bogler Common names: Groundsel-tree Etymology: For Roman god Bacchus, allusion obscure, perhaps used originally for different
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  • Galen Smith Common names: Naked-stemmed bulrushes scirpes schoenoplecte Etymology: Greek schoinos, a rush, reed, and plectos, plaited, twisted, woven, in
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  • 236, plate 59, figs. 8, 9. , plates 60–77. 1801. Wilfred B. Schofield† Etymology: Greek hypnos, sleep, alluding to ancient use as filler for cushions Synonyms:
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  • Marilyn M. Park, Dennis Festerling Jr. Common names: Meadow-rue pigamon Etymology: Thaliktron, an ancient name used by Dioscorides Treatment appears in FNA
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  • Fil. 126. 1806. Michael D. Windham, Eric W. Rabe Common names: Lip fern Etymology: Greek cheilos, margin, and anthus, flower, referring to the marginal sporangia
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