|
Name
|
Explanation
|
| alba |
white, rather dull white |
| albo-marginata |
white margined |
| altissima |
very tall |
| angustifolia |
narrow-leaved |
| Asphodelus |
asphodel |
| aurantiaca |
orange |
| aurea |
golden yellow |
| baroni |
Baroni, Eugenio (1865-1943)
Italian botanist |
| chengtu |
in Chengtu (China) collected |
| chinensis |
coming from China |
| citrina |
lemon yellow |
| coerulea |
blue |
| cordata |
cordate |
| cordifolia |
cordate-leaved |
| coreana |
coming from Korea |
| crocea |
saffron yellow, cadmium yellow |
| cucullata |
hooded |
| cypriani |
Cypriani, (18..-19..)
padres, missionary in Hupeh |
| darrowiana |
Darrow, George M. (2.Feb.1889 - 9.June 1983)
plant physiologist and horticulturist |
| disticha |
distichous, arranged in 2 opposite rows |
| dumortieri |
Dumortier, Barthelemy Charles Joseph (3.Aril 1797 - 9.July 1878)
Belgian botanist; born at Tournai; died in Tournai |
| elmense |
|
| esculenta |
edible |
| europa |
in Europe already early widespread and wild |
| exaltata |
raised high, lofty |
| exilis |
small, meagre, week, thin, slender |
| festival |
|
| flava |
yellow, paler than "luteus" |
| flore pleno |
with a double flower |
| flore ploeno |
= "flore pleno" (typo) |
| forma variegata |
variegated form |
| forma violacea |
violet form |
| forrestii |
Forrest, George F. (13.March 1873 - 5/6.Jan.1932)
English botanist; born in Falkirk, Stirlingshire; died in Tengchung, China |
| fulva |
tawny, yellowish-brown |
| gracilis |
thin, slender |
| graminea |
grassy, grass-like |
| graminifolia |
grass-leaved |
| hakuunensis |
type species collected at the mountain Hakuunzan |
| hankow |
in Hankow (Hupeh, China) collected |
| Hemerocallis |
beauty for one day |
| hippeastroides |
Amaryllis-like |
| hongdoensis |
named after the type locality Hong Do island |
| hupehensis |
in Hupeh (China) collected |
| japonica |
coming from Japan |
| kwanso |
|
| kwanzo |
|
| lancifolia |
with lanceolate leaves |
| liliastrum |
lily-like |
| liliflorus |
lily-flowering |
| lilioasphodelus |
lily-asphodel (gr. "lirio" = lat.
"lilio") |
| lirioasphodelus |
lily-asphodel (gr. "lirio" = lat.
"lilio") |
| littorea (litorea) |
pertaining to the sea-shore |
| longibracteata |
with long bracts |
| longituba |
long tube |
| lutea |
deep yellow, golden-yellow,
deeper than "flavus" |
| luteola |
pale yellow, yellowish |
| luteus |
deep yellow, golden-yellow,
deeper than "flavus" |
| maculata |
spotted, blotched |
| major |
greater |
| Margaret Perry |
|
| micrantha |
small-flowered |
| middendorffiana |
belonging to H. middendorffii |
| middendorffii |
Middendorff, Alexander Theodor von (18.Aug.1815 - 28.Jan.1894)
Russian botanist, zoologist and Asia explorer, born in St. Petersburg, died in Hellenorm (Livonia in Latvia) |
| minor |
smaller, inferior, lesser |
| mucrensis |
typo for nocerensis |
| muelleri |
Mueller, Willy (18..-19..)
nephew of Charles Sprenger |
| multiflora |
abounding in flowers |
| nana |
dwarf |
| nocerensis |
city Nocera Inferiore close to Salerno (Italy) |
| nucerensis |
typo for nocerensis |
| ochroleuca |
yellowish white, pale yellow, fallow |
| oppositibracteata |
with opposite bracts |
| partenope |
old name for Naples (gr. Parthenope) |
| pauciflora |
few-flowered |
| pedicellata |
pedicelled, provided with a pedicel |
| phoeniceus |
bright red, scarlet |
| plantaginea |
plantain-like |
| plicata |
folded into pleats or furrows |
| pumila |
dwarf, close-growing, short |
| quanso |
|
| rosea |
rose |
| rutilans |
red with yellow admixture,
reddish-orange |
| rutilens |
see rutilans |
| sempervirens |
evergreen |
| sendaica |
probably derived from the Japanese town Sendai in the prefecture Miyagi |
| serotina |
late-coming, late to leaf or flower |
| sieboldiana |
belonging to species "sieboldii" |
| sieboldii |
Siebold, Franz Philipp von (1796-1866)
German botanical Japan researcher |
| speciosa |
showy, splendid |
| sulphurea |
sulphur yellow |
| taeanensis |
found at Taean, peninsula in the province Chungchongnam-Do,
west coast of Corea |
| tazaifu |
found at Tazaifu, province Kyushu, Japan |
| theron |
Major Theron Roundell Strong |
| thunbergii |
Thunberg, Carl Peter (11.Nov.1743 - 8.Aug.1822)
Swedish doctor, botanist & traveller |
| undulata |
undulate |
| variegata |
variegated |
| vespertina |
belonging to the evening |
| vomerense |
Vomero, highest mountain in the surroundings of Naples |
| washingtonia |
Washington, George (1732-1799)
president of the USA 1789-1797 |
| yezoensis |
found in Yezo, province Kitami, Japan |