Prenanthes (drooping-flower) - Pren-
anth-eez: Rattlesnake-root.
Primula (diminutive of word meaning
first, as to spring blooming) - Prim-
yew-luh: Primrose.
Prinsepia (for Swiss botanist Macaire-
Prinsep) - Prin-seep-ee-uh.
Pritchardia (after civil official William
T. Pritchard)-Prit-chard-ee-uh: See
preferred generic name Euprit-
chardia.
Proboscidea (snout, as to long-beaked
fruit)-Proh-bos-sid-ee-uh: Unicorn-
plant.
Promenaea-Prom-en-nee-uh.
Prosopis (classical name) - Proh-soh-
piss.
Prostanthera (add-to-anther, as to con-
necting parts) - Prost-anth-er-uh.
Protea (for Proteus, mythical sea god
who assumed many forms, as to di-
versity of its species) - Proh-tee-uh.
Prunella-Proo-nell-uh.
Prunus (classical name for plum) -
Proon-us: The stone-fruits, including
Apricot, Cherry, Peach and Plum
among the many species.
Pseuderanthemum (false-eranthemum)
-Soo-der-anth-em-um.
Pseudolarix (false-larch) - Soo-doh-lay-
m: Golden-larch.
Pseudopanax (false-panax) - Soo-doh-
pay-nax.
Pseudotsuga (false-tsuga) - Soo-doh-
tsoo-guh: (Douglas-fir is P. taxi-
folia).
Psidium-Sid-ee-um: Guava.
Psoralea (scabby, as to its glandular
dots) - Sor-ray-lee-uh: Scurfy-pea.
Ptelea (classical name for elm) - Teel-
ee-uh: Hop-tree.
Pteretis (pteris-like; see below)-Tehr-
reet-iss: Ostrich-fern.
Pteridium (pteris-form; see below) -
Tehr-rid-ee-um: Bracken, Brake.
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Pteris (wing, as to appearance of
fronds) - Teer-iss: Brake.
Pterocarya (wing-nut) - Tehr-oh-cay-
ree-uh: Wing-nut.
Pterocephalus (feather-head, as to ap-
pearance of faded flower head) -
Tehr-oh-seff-al-us. Pterostyrax (for
winged fruit setting it
apart from genus Styrax) - Tehr-
oh-stye-rax: Epaulette-tree. Pueraria
(for Swiss botanist M. N.
Puerari) - Pew-er-ray-ree-uh: Kud-
zu-vine.
Pulmonaria (lung, as to supposed cura-
tive power) - Pull-mon-nay-ree-uh:
Lungwort. Punka (the classical
name) - Pew-
nik-uh: Pomegranate. Purshia (for
American botanist F. T.
Pursh) - Pursh-ee-uh: Antelope-
brush. Puschkinia (for a Count M.
Puschkin)
-Push-kin-ee-uh. Puya-Pew-yuh.
Pycnanthemum (compact-flower, as to
flower heads) - Pik-nanth-em-urn:
Mountain-mint. Pycnostachys (dense-
spike, as to flower
spike)-Pik-noss-tak-iss. Pyracantha
(fire-thorn, as to its bright
red fruits and thorns) - Pye-rak-
anth-uh: Firethorn. Pyrethrum
(much-fire, as to bitter
roots) - Pye-reeth-rum: This
genus
has now been superseded, largely by
chrysanthemum. Pyrola-Pihr-ol-uh:
Shinleaf. Pyrostegia (fire-roof, as to
flowers and
climbing habit) - Pye-roh-steej-ee-
uh. Pyrus (the classical name) -
Pye-Tus:
Pear. Pyxidanthera (box-flowered) -
Pix-id-
anth-er-uh: Pyxie, Flowering-moss.
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Ramonda (for French botanist L. F. E.
von Ramond de Carbonnieres)-Ray-
mond-uh. Ranunculus (little-frog,
suggesting
marshy habitat of many species) -
Ran-nun-kew-lus: Buttercup. Raoulia
(for French surgeon Etienne
F. L. Raoul) - Rah-ool-ee-uh.
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Raphanus (the classical name) - Raff-
an-us: Radish.
Raphiolepis (needle-scale, as to bract
structure)-Raf-ee-ol-ep-iss.
Ravenala-Rav-en-nay-luh: Travelers-
tree.
Rebutia (apparently named for one
Rebut)-Reb-bew-tee-uh.
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