COPIED TO ARTICLE-SPACE 5 April 2020 MOVED TO Stearn's botanical names (U–Z) 6 April 2020
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William T. Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the preeminent British botanists of the 20th century, a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants.[1][2] He served as Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) from 1934 to 1952, apart from the war years, and worked in the 1950s as Botany Librarian at the British Museum. Brent Elliott, another longtime Librarian (and later Historian) of the RHS, described the 1992 edition of Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners as the "most authoritative account of botanical names and their meanings". This book benefited from Stearn's work with the botanical collections of the Natural History Museum, Kew Gardens and the Linnean Society. His textbook on Botanical Latin, first published in 1966, also became a standard.[2]
Key
editThe Latin and Greek species and genus names come from the Dictionary of Plant Names, omitting names derived from people and places, names that have since been relegated to synonym status, and a few species names with alternative suffixes. The more recent history and meanings of the binomial names themselves are also omitted. Although the selection comes from Stearn, the definitions provided reflect a variety of modern authorities. Species names may appear with any of their nominative singular endings. The second column uses "L" for Classical (or occasionally Medieval) Latin, and "G" for Ancient Greek; other languages of origin are not covered.
Botanical names, V–Z
editNotes
editFive of the six books used as sources arrange all entries alphabetically; page numbers are provided only for Coombes.
- ^ The Linnean Society.
- ^ a b Stearn, p. ix, x.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de Stearn.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah Lewis.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd Gledhill.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be Harrison.
- ^ Coombes, p. 228.
- ^ a b c Coombes, p. 298.
- ^ Coombes, p. 134.
- ^ a b Coombes, p. 135.
- ^ a b c Coombes, p. 39.
- ^ Coombes, p. 86.
- ^ Coombes, p. 31.
- ^ a b c Coombes, p. 299.
- ^ Coombes, p. 244.
- ^ Coombes, p. 300.
- ^ Coombes, p. 62.
- ^ Coombes, p. 65.
- ^ Coombes, p. 71.
- ^ Coombes, p. 25.
- ^ a b Coombes, p. 146.
- ^ Coombes, p. 301.
- ^ a b Coombes, p. 302.
- ^ Coombes, p. 167.
- ^ a b Coombes, p. 77.
- ^ a b c Coombes, p. 303.
- ^ Coombes, p. 161.
- ^ Coombes, p. 105.
- ^ Coombes, p. 127.
- ^ Coombes, p. 45.
- ^ Coombes, p. 175.
- ^ Coombes, p. 30.
- ^ Coombes, p. 258.
- ^ a b c d Coombes, p. 307.
- ^ Coombes, p. 36.
- ^ Stevenson.
References
edit- Coombes, Allen (2012). The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants. Portland, OR: Timber Press. ISBN 978-16046-91962.
- Gledhill, D. (2008). The Names of Plants. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-05218-66453.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). Latin for Gardeners: Over 3,000 Plant Names Explained and Explored. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-02260-09193.
- Lewis, Charlton (1891). An Elementary Latin Dictionary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-01991-02051. Available online at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Stearn, William (2002). Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. London, UK: Cassell. ISBN 978-03043-64695.
- Stevenson, Angus (2007). Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-01992-06872.
- The Linnean Society (August 1992). "Publications by William T. Stearn on bibliographical, botanical and horticultural subjects, 1977–1991; a chronological list". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 109 (4): 443–451. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1992.tb01443.x.