Buddleia (for English botanist Adam
Buddie) -Bud-lee-uh: Butterfly-bush.
Bulbine [classical word for bulb-like)
-Bulb-bye-nee. Bulbinella
(diminutive of Bulbine) -
Bulb-in-nell-uh. Bulbocodium (woolly
bulb)-Bulb-oh-
koh-dee-um. Bulbophyllum (bulb-
leaf) - Bulb-oh-
fill-um.
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Bumelia - Bew-mee-lee-uh: Chittam-
wood, False-buckthorn.
Buphthalmum (ox-eye) - Bewf-thal-
mum: Ox-eye.
Butomus (ox-cut, as too sharp for for-
age ) -Bew-toh-mus: Flowering-rush.
Buxus-Bux-us: Box.
Byrnesia (for E. M. Byrnes) - Bur-neez-
ee-uh or Burns-ee-uh: See Grap-
topetalum.
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Caesalpinia (for Italian botanist An-
dreas Caesalpinus) - Seez-al-pin-ee-
uh.
Caiophora-Kay-off-or-uh.
Cajanus-Kah-yali-nus: Pigeon-pea.
Caladium-Kal-lay-dee-um.
Calandrinia (for Swiss botanist Jean
Calandrini)-Kal-an-drin-ee-uh.
Calanthe (beautiful-flower)-Kal-anth-
ee.
Calathea (basket, as to shape of flower)
-Kal-ath-ee-uh.
Calceolaria (little-shoe, as to shape of
flower)-Kal-see-oh-lay-ree-uh: Slip-
perwort.
Calendula (for the calends, the first of
the month when plant was supposed
to bloom)-Kal-lend-yew-luh.
Calimeris (beautiful-parts) - Kal-lim-
er-iss.
Calla - Kal-luh: Water-arum, Wild
calla.
Calliandra (beautiful-stamens) - Kal-ee-
and-ruh.
Callicarpa (beautiful-fruit) - Kal-ik-
karp-uh: Beauty-berry.
Calliopsis-Kal-ee-op-siss: see Coreop-
sis.
Callirhoe (beautiful-flow) - Kal-lihr-oh-
ee: Poppy-mallow.
Callistemon (beautiful-thread, as to
color of stamens) - Kal-iss-feem-
on: Bottle-brush.
Callistephus (beautiful-crown) - Kal-
list-ef-us: China-aster.
Callitris (beauty) - Kal-/ye-triss: Cy-
press-pine.
Calluna (to sweep clean, to beautify)-
Kal-lew-nuh: Heather.
Calocephalus (beautiful-head, as to
flower)-Kal-oh-seff-al-us.
Calochortus (beautiful-grass, as to foli-
age)-Kal-oh-kort-us: Mariposa-lily,
Globe-tulip.
Calodendrum (beautiful-tree) - Kal-
oh-den-drum: Cape-chestnut.
Calonyction (beautiful-at-night)-Kal-
oh-nik-tee-on: Moonflower.
Calophaca (beautiful-lentil) - Kal-off-
ak-uh.
Calopogon (beautiful-beard, as to
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fringed flower lip)-Kal-oh-poh-gon.
Calothamnus (beautiful-bush) - Kal-
oh-tham-nus. Caltha (the classical
name) - Kalth-
uh: (includes marsh-marigold).
Calycanthus (for flower with conspicu-
ous calyx)-Kal-ik-anth-us: Sweet
shrub.
Camassia - Kam-mass-ee-uh:
Camass. Camellia (after Georg
Kamel or Ca-
melli) - Kam-mell-ee-uh.
Camoensia (for Portuguese poet Louis
Camoens) - Kam-oh-en-see-uh.
Campanula (little bell) - Kam-pan-
yew-luh: Bellflower. Campsidium
(Campsis-like: see below)
Kamp-sid-ee-um. Campsis (curved, as
to stamens) -
Kamp-siss: Trumpet-creeper.
Camptosorus (for bent or Irregular
parts) - Kamp-toh-sohr-us: Walk-
ing-fern. Campylotropis (for its curved
parts)-
Kam-pye-lot-rop-iss. Cananga-Kan-
nan-guh: Ylang-ylang. Canarina (for
Canary Islands) - Kan-
ar-rye-nuh. Candollea (for Swiss
botanist A. P. de
Candolle) -Kan-doll-ee-uh. Canella
(little-reed) - Kan-nell-uh:
Wild cinnamon. Canistrum (reed-
basket) - Kan-nist-
rum.
Canna (the classical name)-Kan-uh.
Capparis (the classical name) - Kap-
par-iss: Caper-bush. Capsicum (box
or chest, as to fruit
form) - Kap-sik-um: Red-pepper.
Caragana - Kar-ag-gay-nuh: Pea-tree,
Pea-shrub.
Cardamine - Kard-dam-in-ee: Bitter-
cress. Cardiospennum (heart-seed) -
Kard-ee-
oh-sperm-um: Heart-seed. Carduus
(classical name of thistle) -
Kard-yew-us: Plumeless thistle.
Carex-Kay-rex: Sedge. Carica-Kay-
rik-uh: Papaya. Carissa-Kar-ras-uh.
Carlina-Kar-lye-nuh. Carludovica (for
Spanish Carlos IV
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