Tetracentron (four-spur, as to fruit parts)
- Tet-rass-sent-ron
Tetragonia (four-angle, as to fruit
shape) - Tet-rag-goh-nee-uh. New-
Zealand-spinach (T. expansa)
Tetratheca (four-cell, as to occasional
anthers)-Tet-rath-theek-uh
Teucrium (the classical name)-Tewk-
ree-um Germander
Thalia (luxuriant, or, perhaps, for one
of the muses so named, or, also per-
haps, for German naturalist Johann
Thalms)-Thay-lee-uh
Thalictrum (the classical name)-Thal-
lik-trum Meadow-rue
Thea-Tee-uh. Tea (T sinensis)
Thelesperma (wart-seed, as to seed
form)-Thel-ess-perm-uh
Thelocactus (wart-cactus) - Thel-oh-
kak-tus
Thermopsis (lupine-like) - Therm-
mops-iss
Thespesia (wonderful, divine)-Thess-
pees-ee uh Portia-tree
Thevetia (for French author Andre
Thevet) - Thev-vee-shee-uh Yellow-
oleander.
Thlaspi (old name for a cress) -
Thlasp-ee Penny-cress
Thomasia (for the brothers Thomas,
collectors of Swiss plants) - Toh-
mass-ee-uh
Thrinax (a three-pronged-fork or a
fan, as to leaves) - Thrye-nia.. Pea-
berry palm
Thryallis-Thrye-al-liss
Thuja-Thew-juh Arbor-vitae
Thujopsis (thu)a-hke) - Thew-yopp-
siss False-arbor-vitae
Thunbergia (for Swedish botanist Karl
Peter Thunberg) - Thun-berj-ee-uh
Clock-vine
Thuya - Thew-yuh. See preferred
Thuja
Thymophilla (thyme-leaf)-Tye-moh-
fill-uh Dahlberg daisy, Golden fleece.
Thymus-Tye-mus. Thyme
Tiarella (coronet, as to pistil form) -
Tye-ar-rell-uh False-mitrewort
Tibouchina - Tib-oo-kye-nuh. Glory-
bush
Tigridia (tiger-like, as to flower mark-
ings) - Tye-grid-ee-uh Tiger-flower
Tilia (the classical name)-Till-ee-uh
Linden, Lime, Basswood
Tillandsia (for Swedish botanist Elms
Tillands) - Til-land-see-uh Spanish-
moss (T usneoides)
Tipularia (named for likeness of its
flowers to a kind of insect) - Tip-
yew-lay-ree-uh Crane-fly orchis
Titanopsis-Tye-tan-opp-siss
Tithonia (presumably for mythical
Tithonus) -Tith-oh -nee-uh
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Tococa-Tok-koh-kuh.
Tolmiea (for a Hudson's Bay Co sur-
geon, Dr Tolmie) - Tol-mee-uh.
Tolpis-Tolp-iss
Torenia (for Swedish clergyman and
botanist Olaf Toren) - Tor-reen-ee-
uh.
Torreya (for American botanist John
Torrey)-Torr-ee-uh
Townsendia (for Pennsylvania botanist
David Townsend) - Town-send-ee-
uh
Trachelium (neck, for supposed remedial
properties) - Trak-keel-ee-um:
Throatwort
Trachelospermum (neck-seed, as to seeds
having necks) - Trak-el-oh-sperm-um
Trachycarpus (rough-fruit) - Trak-ik-
karp-us Windmill palm (T. fortu-
net)
Trachymene (rough-membrane, as to
fruits) - Trak-kym-en-ee Blue-lace-
flower (T caerulea)
Tradescantia (for English gardener
John Tradescant) - Trad-ess-kan-
shee-uh Spiderwort
Tragopogon (goat-beard) - Trag-oh-
poh-gon Goats-beard
Trapa-Tray-puh Water-chestnut
Trichocaulon (hair stem) - Trik-oh-
kawl-on
Trichocereus (hair-cereus) - Trik-oh-
seer-te-us
Trichopilia (hair-cap, under which an-
thers hide) - Trik-oh pill-ee-uh
Trichosanthes (hair-flower, as to fringed
petals)-Trik-os-anth eez
Trichosporum (hair-seed) - Trik-kosp-or
um
Trichostema (hair-stamen) - Trik-oh-
steem-uh Blue curls
Tricyrtis (three-arches, as to nectar-
bearing perianth sacs) - Trye-surt-
iss Toad-lily
Trientalis (one-third-of-a-foot as to its
height)-Trye en tay-liss Starflower.
Trifolium (three-leaf, as to leaflets) -
Trye-foh-lee um Clover
Trigonella (three-cornered, as three-
part leaves) - Trye-gon-nell-uh
Trilisa (anagram of liatris, which it
resem bles)-Trye-liss-uh Carolina-
vanilla (T odoratissima)
Trillium (for leaves and petals in
threes) - Trill-ee-um
Tripterygium (three-wing, as to winged
fruit)-Trip ter-rij-ee um
Tritonia (the names author says it
commemorates mythical Triton, in
the sense of a weathervane, for its
aimless stamens) - trye-toh-nee uh
Trochodendron (wheel-tree, as to ap-
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