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Plant Names - page 23 |
Orixa-Or-rix-uh
Ornithochilus (bird-lip, for beak-like
flower) -Or-nith-oh-kye-lus
Ornithogalum (bird-milk, perhaps for
form and color of flowers of some
species) -Or-ni th-thog-al-um
Ornithopus (bird-foot, as to pod form)
-Or-nith-op-us Orontium (for the
Orontes Rixer,
Syria)-Oh-ron-tee-um Golden-club
Oroxylon (mountain-tree, an inexact
application)-Or-rox-il-on
Orthocarpus (straiglit-fruit) - Orth-
oh-karp-us Owls-clover Oscularia
(little-mouth, as to small
flowers)-Os-kew-lay-ree-uh
Osmanthus (scent-flower) - Os-manth-
us Osmaronia - Os-mar-roh-nee-uh:
Oso-
berry Osmorhiza (probably for
scented root)
-Os-mor-rye-zuh
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Osmunda - Os-mund-uh (Cinnamon-
fern, O cmnamomea Interrupted-
fern, O Claytomana, Royal-fern, O
re galls)
Osteomeles (bone-fruit) - Os-tee-oh-
mee-leez
Ostrowskia (for Ruisian botanist N
Ostrowski) - Os-troh-skee-uh Giant
bellflower
Ostrya-Ora-tree-uh Hop-hornbeam
Othonna-Oh-thon-uh
Ourisia (for a Governor Ouris of the
Falkland Is )-Oo-riss-uh
Oxalis (sharp, pungent, as to leaf taste)
-Ox-al-iss Wood-sorrel.
Oxera-Ox-er-uh
Oxydendrum (acrid-tree, as to bitter
foliage) - Ox-id-den-drum Sour-
wood, Sorrel-tree
Oxytropis (sharp-keel, as to flower
shape)-Ok-sit-rop-iss
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Pachistima (thick-stigma) - Pak-kist-
im-uh Pachycereus (tluck-cereus) -
Pak-ee-
seer-ee-us Pachyphytum (thick-plant)
- Pak-ee-
fye-tum Pachysandra (thick-anther) -
Pak-iss-
and-ruh Spurge Paeonia (the
classical name) - Pee-
oh-nee-uh Peony Paliurus-Pal-ee-
yew-rus Christ-thorn
or Jerusalem-thorn is P. spina-
Christi Panax (all-healing, panacea,
as to the
medicinal properties of its roots)-
Pay-nax Ginseng
Pancratium (all-strength, as to sup-
posed medical properties) - Pan-
kray-shee-um.
Pandanus - Pan-day-nus Screw-pine
Pandorea (for mythical Pandora, whose
name means all-gifted) - Pan-doh-
ree-uh
Panicum (the classical name for mil-
let)-Pan-ik-um Papaver (the classical
name) - Pap-
pay-ver Poppy Paphiopedilum
(Aphrodites slipper, a
slightly fanciful interpretation) -
Paf-ee-oh-ped-il-um Lady-slipper
Paradisea (for paradise) - Par-ad-diss-
ee-uh St -Bruno-lily Paris (equal, as
to symmetrical parts)
-Par-iss Parkinsonia (for English
botanist John
Parkinson)-Park-in-soh-nee-uh
Parmentiera (for French horticulturist
Antotne Parmentier) - Par-ment-
yeer-uh
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Parnassia (for Mt Parnassus, sacred to
mythical Apollo and the muses)-
Par-nass-ee-uh Grass-of-Parnassus
Parochetus (beside-brook, as to habi-
tat)-Par-oh-Aree-tus. Shamrock-pea,
Blue-oxahs
Paronychia (like-a-nail, perhaps as to
pointed bracts) - Par-oh-nik-ee-uh:
Whitlow-wort, Nail-wort
Parrotia (for German naturalist F W.
Parrot) -Par-roh-tee-uh
Parthenium (virgin, for white flowers of
some species) - Par-theen-ee-um
Guayule (P argentatum)
Parthenocissus (virgin-ivy, of no known
application) - Parth-en-oh-suss-us
Virginia-creeper (P qmnquefolia),
Boston-ivy (P tncuspidata)
Passiflora (passion-flower) - Pass-if-
floh-ruh Passion-flower
Pastinaca (the classical name) - Past-in-
/iay-kuh Parsnip
Paullinia (for German botanist Christian
Paullini) - Pol-lin-ee-uh
Paulownia (for Russian Princess Anna
Pavlov na)-Pol-loh-nee-uh
Pavonia (for Spanish traveler Don Jose
Paxon)-Pav-vo/i-nee-uh
Pedicularis (pertaining to a louse, of
unknown peitmence) - Ped-ik-yew-
lay-riss Wood betony, Lousewort
Pedilanthus (shoe-flower, perhaps as to
flower shape)-Ped-il-anth-us
Pediocactus (plain-cactus, as to habitat)
- Ped-ee-oh-kak-tus Snowball cactus
Pelargonium (stork, for long, slender
fruit) - Pel-ar-goh-nee-um Gera-
nium, Storksbill
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