classification system) - Lin-nee-uh:
Twin-flower.
Linosyris-Lye-ncsi-er-iss: Goldilocks.
Linuni-Lye-num: Flax.
Liparis (oily, as to shining leaves) -
Lip-ar-iss: Twayblade.
Lippia (for French physician Augustin
Lippi)-Lip-ee-uh.
Liquidambar - Lik-wid-am-ber: Sweet
gum (L. styraciflua).
Liriodendron (lily-tree, as to its flowers)
- Lihr-ee-oh-den-dron: Tulip-tree.
Liriope (for mythical nymph) - Lihr-
rye-oh-pee: Lily-turf.
Listera (for English physician Martin
Lister)- List-er-uh.
Lithocarpus (stone-fruit) - Lith-oh-
karp-us: Tanbark-oak (L. densiflora).
Lithodora (rock-dwelling) - Lith-oh-
doh-iuh: See Lithospermum.
Lithops (stone-eyed)-Lith-ops: Stone-
face.
Lithospermum (stone-seed) - Lith-oh-
sperm-um: Gromwell.
Lithraea-Lith-ree-uh.
Livistona (for Scotsman Patrick M.
Livistone)-Liv-ist-toh-nuh.
Loasa-Loh-uh-suh.
Lobelia (for Flemish botanist Matthias
de Lobel)-Loh-beel-ee-uh.
Lobivia-Loh-biv-ee-uh.
Lobularia - Lohb-yew-/ay-ree-uh:
Sweet-alyssum.
Loeselia (for Prussian botanist John
Loesel) -Les-seel-ee-uh.
Logania (for Irish botanist James Lo-
gan)-Loh-gay-nee-uh.
Loiseleuria (for French botanist J. C.
A. Loiseleur-Deslongchamps)-Loy-
sel-lew-ree-uh: Alpine-azalea.
Lolium-Loh-lee-um: Rye-grass.
Lomatia (edge, as to winged seeds) -
Loh-may-shee-uh.
Lomatium (edge or small border, as to
its fruit) - Loh-may-shee-um.
Lonas-Loh-nass: African-daisy.
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Lonicera (for German botanist Adam
Lonicer) - Lon-nm-er-uh: Honey-
suckle.
Lopezia (for Spanish botanist J. Lopez)
-Loh-peez-ee-uh.
Lophophora (crest-bearing) - Loff-off-or-
uh.
Loropetalum (strap-petal) - Lor-oh-per-
al-um.
Lotus (classical plant which bears the
"fruit of forgetfulness") - Loh-tus.
Luculia-Lew-kew-lee-uh.
Luetkea (for Russian sea captain
Luetke)--Lew-e/-kee-uh.
Luffa-Luff-uh.
Lunaria (moon-like, as to silvery pods)
- Loo-rcay-ree-uh: Moonwort, Satin-
flower, Honesty.
Lupinus (wolf, implying that the plant
tends to impoverish the soil) - Loo-
pye-nus: Lupine.
Lycaste-Lye-kast-ee.
Lychnis (lamp, perhaps, for brightness
of flowers)-Lik-niss.
Lycium (for a kind of thorn) - Liss-
ee-um: Box-thorn, Matrimony-vine.
Lycopersicon-Lye-koh-per-sik-on: To-
mato.
Lycopodium (wolf-foot, for a rather
fanciful resemblance)-Lye-koh-poh-
dee-um: Club-moss.
Lycopus (wolf-foot, presumably as to
leaf shape) - Lye-koh-puss: Water-
hoarhound.
Lycoris-Lye-kor-iss.
Lygodium (flexible)-Lye-goh-dee-um:
Climbing fern.
Lyonia (for John Lyon, plant intro-
ducer)-Lye-oh-nee-uh.
Lysichitum (loose-cloak, as to its
spathe) - Lye-sik-kye-tum: Yellow
Skunk-cabbage (L. americanum).
Lysimachia (for King Lysimachus) -
Lye-sim-may-kee-uh: Loosestrife.
Lythrum (blood or gore, perhaps as to
flower color)-Lith-rum.
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Maackia (for Russian naturalist Rich-
ard Maack)-Mahk-ee-uh.
Machaeranthera (sword-flower)-Mak-
ee-ranth-er-uh: Tahoka daisy.
Machaerocereus (sword-cereus, as to
central spines) - Mak-ee-roh-seer-
ee-us.
Macleaya (for Alexander Macleay) -
Mak-lay-uh: (Plume-poppy or Tree-
celandine is M. cordata).
Maclura (for American geologist Wil-
liam Maclure)-Mak-loor-uh: Osage-
orange.
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Macradenia (large-glands, as to pseudo-
bulbs)-Mak-rad-deen-ee-uh.
Macrozamia (large-zamia) - Mak-roh-
zay-mee-uh.
Maddenia (after Maj. E. Madden, bo-
tanical writer) - Mad-deen-ee-uh.
Madia - May-dee-uh: Tarweed.
Magnolia (for French botanist Pierre
Magnol)-Mag-nohl-ee-uh.
Mahernia - Mah-hern-ee-uh: Honey-bell.
Mahonia (for American botanist Ber-
nard McMahon) - Mah-hoh-nee-uh.
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