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  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 96. 1754. John M. Miller Common names: Spring beauty Etymology: for John Clayton, 1686–1773, physician and plant collector in Virginia
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  • Schwägrichen Sp. Musc. Frond. Suppl. 2(1,2): 91. 1824 ,. Richard H. Zander Etymology: For Philipp Bruch, 1781–1847, German pharmacist and bryologist Treatment
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  • 4, vol. 1. 1754. John O. Sawyer†, Guy L. Nesom Common names: Buckthorn Etymology: Probably from Latin frango, to break, and -ula, diminutive, alluding to
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  • K. Magrath, John V. Freudenstein Common names: Coral-root corallorhize Etymology: Greek korallion, coral, and rhiza, root, referring to coral-like appearance
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  • Sp. Pl. 1: 346. 1753. Warren L. Wagner Common names: Evening primrose Etymology: Greek oinos, wine, and thera, seeking or catching, alluding to roots of
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  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 884. 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 376. 1754. Steven J. Wolf Etymology: Ancient Latin or Greek plant name Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21.
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  • Nuttall Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 300. 1840. David R. Morgan Etymology: Greek di -, two, and etos, year, alluding to biennial duration of the
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  • westonii Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 240. 1814. P. L. Fiedler, R. K. Zebell Etymology: Greek kalos, beautiful, and chortos, grass Treatment appears in FNA Volume
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  • -Amer. 1: 306, plate 107. 1833. David J. Bogler Common names: Goldenweed Etymology: Greek pyrrhos, reddish or tawny, and kome, hair of the head, alluding
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  • Anderson, Roland P. Roberts, Kurt M. Neubig Common names: Goldenbush Etymology: Generic name Erica and Greek meros, part or portion, alluding to resemblance
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  • ed. 5, 348. 1754. John L. Strother Common names: Lettuce laitue Etymology: No etymology in protologue traceable to Latin lac, milk, alluding to the milky
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  • Andreaea sinuosa Hedwig Sp. Musc. Frond., 47. 1801 ,. Richard H. Zander Etymology: For J. G. R. Andreae, 1724–1793, apothecary of Hanover, Germany Treatment
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  • Alternanthera sessilis Forsskål Fl. Aegypt.-Arab., 28. 1775. Steven E. Clemants Etymology: Latin alternans, alternating, and anthera, anther, referring to the alternation
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  • Philos. J. 17: 157. 1834 ,. Gary D. Wallace Common names: Mountain heather Etymology: Greek mythological Cassiope, wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda Treatment
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  • B. Faden Common names: Spiderwort wandering-Jew spider-lily éphémères Etymology: for John Tradescant, gardener to Charles I of England Synonyms: Rhoeo Hance
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  • 429, 1754. Robert R. Haynes, C. Barre Hellquist Common names: Sagittaire Etymology: Latin sagitta, arrow Synonyms: Lophotocarpus T. Durand Treatment appears
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  • Thymophylla tephroleuca Lagasca Gen. Sp. Pl., 25. 1816. John L. Strother Etymology: Greek thymon, thyme, and phyllon, leaf Synonyms: Dyssodia sect. Gnaphalopsis (de
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  • Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 286. 1841. Guy L. Nesom Common names: Snakeroot Etymology: Generic name Ageratum and Latin - ina, diminutive Treatment appears in
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  • James L. Reveal, David F. Murray Common names: Cinquefoil potentille Etymology: Latin potens, powerful, and - illa, diminutive, alluding to supposed medicinal
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  • Pl. ed. 5, 94. 1754 ,. Nancy R. Morin Common names: Currant gooseberry Etymology: Arabic ribas, rhubarb, mistakenly applied to currants Synonyms: Grossularia Miller
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