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Epithet | Meaning | Reference |
pachycarpa |
Bearing thick fruit. | Z |
palaestina |
From Palestine. | Z |
pallens |
Pale in colour. | Z |
pallescens |
Becoming paler in tint. | Z |
pallida |
Somewhat pallid. | Z |
pallidiflorus |
Bearing pale flowers. | Z |
pallidula |
Slightly pallid. | Z |
pallidum |
Somewhat pallid. | Z |
pallidus |
Somewhat pallid. | Z |
palmata |
Lobed or divided like a hand (said of leaves). | Z |
palmatum |
Lobed or divided like a hand (said of leaves). | Z |
palmatus |
Lobed or divided like a hand (said of leaves). | Z |
paludosa |
Growing in marshy places. | Z |
paludosum |
Growing in marshy places. | Z |
paludosus |
Growing in marshy places. | Z |
palustre |
Bog, swamp-loving. | Z |
palustris |
Bog, swamp-loving. | Z |
panicea |
Of the Panicum, Panick-Grass, tribe. | Z |
paniculata |
Having panicles or tufts of flowers. | Z |
paniculatum |
Having panicles or tufts of flowers. | Z |
paniculatus |
Having panicles or tufts of flowers. | Z |
pannonica |
From the province Pannonia, of the Roman Empire. Pannonia usually refers to what is called Transdanubia in Hungary and the northern parts of former Yugoslavia which are located in the Pannonian plain | Z |
pannonicum |
From the province Pannonia, of the Roman Empire. Pannonia usually refers to what is called Transdanubia in Hungary and the northern parts of former Yugoslavia which are located in the Pannonian plain | Z |
pannosus |
Ragged, like ravelled cloth. | Z |
papillata |
Having wart or nipple-like gland. | Z |
papillosum |
Having wart or nipple-like gland. | Z |
papposa |
Covered with fine down. | Z |
papulosum |
Bearing pimples. | Z |
papyraceus |
Papery or white as paper. | Z |
papyrifera |
Paper, papyrus-yielding. | Z |
paradoxa |
Contrary to the usual type, apparently absurd. | Z |
paradoxum |
Contrary to the usual type, apparently absurd. | Z |
paralias |
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parietina |
Wall-loving. | Z |
parisiense |
From the neighbourhood of Paris. | Z |
parnassicum |
From Mount Parnassus, Greece. | Z |
parthenium |
Rupture-wort. | Z |
parviflorus |
Having small flowers, or smaller than the type. | Z |
parvula |
Very small. | Z |
parvulum |
Very small. | Z |
parvum |
Small. | Z |
patagonica |
From Patagonia, a region of southern Chile and Argentina. | Z |
patens |
Spreading, opening out. | Z |
patentissima |
Extremely spread out. | Z |
patientia |
For convalescence. | Z |
patula |
Slightly spreading. | Z |
patulum |
Slightly spreading. | Z |
pauciflorum |
Few-flowered. | Z |
pauciflorus |
Few-flowered. | Z |
pavoninum |
Peacock-like, showy, coloured. | Z |
pectinata |
Comb-shaped, with segments like the teeth of a comb. | Z |
pectinatus |
Comb-shaped, with segments like the teeth of a comb. | Z |
pedatum |
Footed, with leaf-lobes at the foot of the leaves. | Z |
pedemontanus |
From Piedmont, Northern Italy. | Z |
pedicellata |
With flower stalk pedicel. | Z |
pedunculare |
With peduncle (stalk supporting a cluster). | Z |
peduncularis |
With peduncle (stalk supporting a cluster). | Z |
pedunculata |
Stalked, with peduncle. | Z |
pedunculatus |
Stalked, with peduncle. | Z |
pellucidum |
Transparent. | Z |
peltata |
Shield-shaped, as the leaves of Nasturtium-tropaeolum. | Z |
peltatus |
Shield-shaped, as the leaves of Nasturtium-tropaeolum. | Z |
pendula |
Hanging down as through weakness of the stem. | Z |
penduliflorus |
With flowers hanging down. | |
pendulina |
Hanging down very much. | Z |
pendulinum |
Hanging down very much. | Z |
pendulum |
Hanging down as through weakness of the stem. | Z |
penicillatum |
Brush-like, bordered or tipped with brush-like tufts. | Z |
penicillatus |
Brush-like, bordered or tipped with brush-like tufts. | Z |
pennsylvanica |
From Pennsylvania, N. America. | Z |
peploides |
Resembling Water-Purslane, Peplis. | Z |
peplus |
Another old generic name taken over as an epithet I think. | |
pepo |
Fruit like a pumpkin or Gourd. | Z |
peregrina |
Strange, foreign. | Z |
peregrinum |
Strange, foreign. | Z |
perennans |
Growing constantly, through the year. | Z |
perenne |
Perennial, lasting more than two years. | Z |
perennis |
Perennial, lasting more than two years. | Z |
perfoliata |
With leaf-like appendage through which the stalk passes. | Z |
perfoliatum |
With leaf-like appendage through which the stalk passes. | Z |
perfoliatus |
With leaf-like appendage through which the stalk passes. | Z |
perforatum |
Pierced with holes. | Z |
Honey-suckle, common Woodbine, or Bear-bind. | Z | |
perlatum |
Beset with pearls. | Z |
perpusilla |
Very weak and slender. | Z |
perpusillus |
Very weak and slender. | Z |
persica |
Persis (Greek for Persia), from Iran. | Z |
persicifolia |
With leaves like the peach. | Z |
persicum |
Persis (Greek for Persia), from Iran. | Z |
persimilis |
Very similar. | Z |
peruviana |
Of Peruvian origin. | Z |
peruvianum |
Of Peruvian origin. | Z |
petiolare |
Being stalked. | Z |
petiolaris |
Being stalked. | Z |
petiolata |
Having leaf-stalk, petiole. | Z |
petraea |
Growing on stony ground. | Z |
petraeum |
Growing on stony ground. | Z |
petraeus |
Growing on stony ground. | Z |
phaeum |
Reddish-brown. | Z |
phellos |
Cork. | Z |
philadelphica |
From the district of Philadelphia, U.S.A. | Z |
philadelphicus |
From the district of Philadelphia, U.S.A. | Z |
phillyreoides |
Resembling jasmine-box or mock-privet. | Z |
phleoides |
Resembling Cat's-tail or Timothy Grass, Phleum. | Z |
phlomoides |
Resembling Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis. | Z |
phoeniceum |
Scarlet red. | Z |
physalifolium |
With leaves like winter cherry, Physalis. | |
physalodes |
Misspelling of physaloides ? (Which means resembling winter cherry, Physalis.) | |
physaloides |
Resembling winter cherry, Physalis.) | Z |
picroides |
Resembling Ox-tongue, Picrio. | Z |
pictum |
As if painted, ie Coloured. | Z |
pileata |
Having a cap or hat like the head of a mushroom. | Z |
pilosa |
Covered thinly with long soft hairs. | Z |
pilosella |
Was Genus name. | |
piloselloides |
Resembling Hawkweed, Hieracium Pilosella. | Z |
pilosum |
Covered thinly with long soft hairs. | Z |
pilosus |
Covered thinly with long soft hairs. | Z |
pilulare |
Pill-like, gland-like. | Z |
pimpinellifolia |
With leaves like Pimpinella. | Z |
pimpinelloides |
Resembling Pimpinella. | Z |
pinaster |
Cluster or star-pine. | Z |
pinea |
Growing on pines (as parasite). | Z |
pinnata |
Feathered, the primary division of a compound leaf. | Z |
pinnatum |
Feathered, the primary division of a compound leaf. | Z |
pinnatus |
Feathered, the primary division of a compound leaf. | Z |
pinnulatus |
Diminutively pinnate. | Z |
piperitum |
Pepper-like. | Z |
pisidica |
From Pisidia (a region of ancient Asia Minor, located north of Lycia, and bordering Caria, Lydia, Phrygia and Pamphylia) in modern Southern Turkey. | Z |
placidum |
Welcome, agreeable. | Z |
plana |
Flat, level, or horizontal. | Z |
planiculmis |
With flat haulm. | Z |
planifolia |
Having flat, horizontal leaves. | Z |
planifolius |
Having flat, horizontal leaves. | Z |
plantagineum |
Plantain-like. | Z |
plantago-aquatica |
"Water-plantain". | |
planum |
Flat, level, or horizontal. | Z |
platanoides |
Plane-tree like. | Z |
platense |
From the banks of the river Plate, S. America. | Z |
platensis |
From the banks of the river Plate, S. America. | Z |
platyacanthus |
With broad thorns. | Z |
platycarpa |
Bearing broad fruit. | Z |
platyglossum |
With broad tongues. | Z |
platypetalum |
Having broad, fiat petals. | Z |
platyphylla |
Broad-leaved. | Z |
platyphyllos |
Broad-leaved. | Z |
plicata |
Folded. | Z |
plicatus |
Folded. | Z |
plumarius |
Like a downy feather. | Z |
plumbaginoides |
Plumbago-like. | Z |
pluvialis |
Rainy. | Z |
pneumonanthe |
Lung-flower, or Marsh gentian, Gentiana Pneumonanthe. | Z |
podagraria |
Gout-wort or Ash-weed, Aegopodium. | Z |
podophylla |
With stalked leaves. | Z |
poeticus |
Pertaining to poets. | Z |
polita |
With a polished surface. | Z |
polonicus |
Of Polish origin. | Z |
polyanthemus |
With many flowers. | Z |
polygama |
With hermaphrodite flowers. | Z |
polygonifolius |
With leaves like Polygonatum I think. | |
polygonoides |
Resembling Knot-Grass, Polygonum. | Z |
polymorpha |
Having many forms of the same organ. | Z |
polymorphum |
Having many forms of the same organ. | Z |
polyodon |
Many-toothed. | Z |
polyphylla |
Many-leaved. | Z |
polyphyllus |
Many-leaved. | Z |
polyrhiza |
With many roots. | |
polyspermum |
Bearing many seeds, sperms. | Z |
polystachya |
With many spikes. | Z |
polytrichus |
Thickly haired. | Z |
ponderosa |
Producing heavy wood. | Z |
pontica |
From the shores of the Black Sea. | Z |
ponticum |
From the shores of the Black Sea. | Z |
populinus |
Growing on Poplars. | Z |
populnea |
Poplar-like. | Z |
porphyrophaeum |
(Can this really mean "purpley-reddish-brown" ?) | |
porrifolius |
With leaves like the Leek. | Z |
porrigens |
Stretched out, lanky. | Z |
portenschlagiana |
Named for Austrian botanist, Franz von Portenschlag-Ledermayer (1772-1822). | |
portentosa |
Peculiar. | Z |
portlandica |
From the Isle of Portland, English Channel. | Z |
portlandicum |
From the Isle of Portland, English Channel. | Z |
portulacoides |
Purslane-like. | Z |
poscharskyana |
Named for Gustave Adolf Poscharsky. | |
potentilloides |
Resembling Cinquefoil, Potentilla. | Z |
praecox |
Appearing or developing early. | Z |
praelongus |
Very tall, -long stalked. | Z |
praemorsa |
As though the end were bitten off. | Z |
praetermissa |
Overlooked. | |
praetextus |
Interwoven, webbed. | Z |
pratense |
Growing in meadows. | Z |
pratensis |
Growing in meadows. | Z |
prenanthoides |
Resembling Prenanthes or with drooping flowers. | Z |
proboscideum |
Having a snout or long terminal horn. | Z |
procerum |
Tall, slender, like a tree. | Z |
procerus |
Tall, slender, like a tree. | Z |
procumbens |
Trailing, without rooting, lying along the ground. | Z |
prolixum |
Of great extension. | Z |
prostrata |
Lying flat on the ground. | Z |
prostratus |
Lying flat on the ground. | Z |
provincialis |
From Provence, a French province. | Z |
proximum |
Nearest the axis, adjoining very near. | Z |
pruinatum |
Having a waxy powdery secretion on the surface. | Z |
pruinosa |
Having a waxy powdery secretion on the surface. | Z |
pruinosus |
Having a waxy powdery secretion on the surface. | Z |
pseudacorus |
False Acorus, Sweet Flag. | JS |
pseudonarcissus |
False daffodil. (I assume distinguishing it from more choice "real" species.) | JS |
pseudoorientale |
Falsely [thought to be] Eastern. | |
pseudoplatanus |
False Plane. | |
psilostachya |
Having naked spikes, ie With sessile flowers. | Z |
ptarmica |
Causing sneezing. | Z |
pterophorus |
Bearing wings. | Z |
pterosperma |
Bearing winged seeds. | Z |
pubescens |
Downy, slightly hairy. | Z |
pulchellum |
Beautiful. | |
pulcher |
Beautiful. | Z |
pulcherrima |
Most beautiful. | Z |
pulcherrimum |
Most beautiful. | Z |
pulchra |
Beautiful. | Z |
pulchrum |
Beautiful. | Z |
pulegioides |
Resembling Penny-royal or Flea-Mint, Mentha Pulegium. | Z |
pulicaris |
Flea-coloured, flea-like. | Z |
pulla |
Dusky, nearly black. | Z |
pullata |
Clothed in black. | Z |
pulmonarioides |
Resembling lung-wort, Pulmonaria. | Z |
pulverulenta |
Powdered, as if dusted over. | Z |
pulverulentum |
Powdered, as if dusted over. | Z |
pumila |
Dwarfish, low or little (same as Nanus). | Z |
pumilio |
Dwarfish, low or little (same as Nanus). | Z |
pumilum |
Dwarfish, low or little (same as Nanus). | Z |
punctata |
Marked with dots. | Z |
pungens |
Piercing, as the points of the holly-leaf. | Z |
puniceus |
Scarlet, carmine or purple. | Z |
purpurascens |
Purplish or turning purple. | Z |
purpurata |
Purple. | Z |
purpurea |
Purple. | Z |
purpurella |
Purplish. | Z |
purpureocaerulea |
Blue-purple. | |
purpureocaeruleum |
Blue-purple. | |
purpureum |
Purple. | Z |
purpureus |
Purple. | Z |
pusilla |
Puny, small, weak, slender. | Z |
pusillum |
Puny, small, weak, slender. | Z |
pusillus |
Puny, small, weak, slender. | Z |
pycnantha |
Densely covered with flowers. | Z |
pycnocephalus |
Bearing dense head of flowers. | Z |
pygmaea |
Dwarf, low (same as Nanus and Pumilus). | Z |
pygmaeus |
Dwarf, low (same as Nanus and Pumilus). | Z |
pyracanthum |
With yellow or red spines. | Z |
pyramidalis |
Pyramid shaped. | Z |
pyramidata |
Pyramid shaped. | Z |
pyramidatum |
Pyramid shaped. | Z |
pyramidatus |
Pyramid shaped. | Z |
pyrenaica |
From the Pyrenees mountains. | Z |
pyrenaicum |
From the Pyrenees mountains. | Z |
pyrenaicus |
From the Pyrenees mountains. | Z |