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  • Frond., 178, plate 42, figs. 8–12. , plates 43, 44. 1801. John R. Spence Etymology: Greek bryon, moss Treatment appears in FNA Volume 28. Treatment on page
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  • 489. 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 216. 1754. Richard Lis Common names: Spirée Etymology: Greek speira, to become spiral, alluding to flexile branches being suitable
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  • 1–5. , plates 103–111. 1898. Barbara Ertter Common names: Wood beauty Etymology: Greek drymos, woods, and kallos, beauty Synonyms: Closterostyles Torrey
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  • 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 70. 1754 ,. Sylvia Kelso Common names: Primrose Etymology: Latin primus, first, and -ulus, diminutive alluding to early spring blooming
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  • John F. Gaskin Common names: Peppergrass pepperwort cress peppercress Etymology: Greek lepidion or lepidos, scale, alluding to appearance of fruit Synonyms:
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  • (Nuttall) Greene Pittonia 3: 45. 1896. Gregory K. Brown, Guy L. Nesom Etymology: Greek oön, egg, and - opsis, likeness, alluding to a perceived egglike
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  • ed. 5, 347. 1754. Philip E. Hyatt Common names: Sow-thistle laiteron Etymology: Greek sonchos, ancient name for a kind of thistle Treatment appears in
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  • treculiana Garden in C. Linnaeus, Mant. Pl. 1: 19, 126. 1767. Michael J. Huft Etymology: For Benjamin Stillingfleet, 1702–1771, British botanist Treatment appears
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  • 300. 1813 ,. Craig C. Freeman Common names: Prince’s-plume chimaphile Etymology: Greek cheima, winter, and philia, love, alluding to evergreen habit Treatment
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  • canadensis, Circaea ×sterilis Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 1: 8. 1753. David E. Boufford Etymology: Greek kirkaia, a poetic name, alluding to mythical enchantress Circe’s
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  • Sp. Pl. 1: 119. 1753. Shirley A. Graham Common names: Toothcup redstem Etymology: For Paul Ammann, 1634–1691, Professor of Botany at Leipzig Synonyms: Hionanthera A
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  • de Candolle, Prodr. 5: 692. 1836. Bruce G. Baldwin, John L. Strother Etymology: Greek hemi -, half, and zona, belt or girdle, alluding to cypselae half
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  • Urbatsch, Patricia B. Cox Common names: Prairie coneflower Mexican-hat Etymology: Derivation unknown Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page
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  • Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 921. 1753. , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 392. 1754. John L. Strother Etymology: Often said (erroneously) to be from Greek melampodion, blackfoot evidently
    5 KB (355 words) - 21:13, 5 November 2020
  • Amer. Pl. 2: 192. 1818. Max E. Medley Common names: Three-birds orchid Etymology: Greek tri, 3-fold, and phoros, bearing, possibly in reference to the few-flowered
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  • F. von Ledebour, Icon. Pl. 2: 17, plate 151. 1830. Ihsan A. Al-Shehbaz Etymology: For Timotheus Smielowsky, 1769–1815, Russian botanist and pharmacist from
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  • John C. Semple, Jerry G. Chmielewski Common names: Tall flat-topped aster Etymology: For Ignatz Doellinger (1770–1841), German botanist Synonyms: Aster sect
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  • Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 382. 1754. Debra K. Trock Common names: Milfoil achillée Etymology: for Greek god Achilles, who is supposed to have used the plants to treat
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  • J. R. Abbott J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 5: 134. 2011. J. Richard Abbott Etymology: Greek hebe, down of puberty or pubescent, and karpos, fruit, alluding
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  • , Gen. Pl. ed. 5, 426. 1754. John L. Strother Common names: Feverfew Etymology: Greek parthenos, virgin, or parthenion, ancient name of a plant allusion
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