The a to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants (67 page)

capensis
E. Meyer ex Benth. kuh-
pen
-sis. Of the Cape.

×
rectus
Coombes.
rek
-toos. Lat. straight (the corolla tube). Cult.

Phyllostachys
Sieb. & Zucc. (Poaceae). fil-oh-
stak
-is. Gk. leaf spike, referring to the inflorescence. 50 spp. bamboos. China.

aurea
(Carrière) Rivière & C. Rivière.
aw
-ree-uh. Lat. golden (the culms).

aureosulcata
McClure. aw-ree-oh-sul-
kah
-tuh. Lat. with golden grooves (the culms).
‘Aureocaulis’
. aw-reeoh-
kaw
-lis. Lat. golden-stemmed.

bambusoides
Sieb. & Zucc. =
P. reticulata

bissetii
McClure. bi-
set
-ee-ee. After David Bisset, superintendent of the USDA Plant Introduction Station, Savannah, Georgia, 1924–57, to where it was introduced from China in 1941.

dulcis
McClure.
dul
-sis. Lat. sweet (the edible shoots).

edulis
(Carrière) J. Houz.
ed
-ew-lis. Lat. edible (the shoots).

nigra
(Lodd.) Munro.
nie
-gruh. Black bamboo. Lat. black (the culms of some forms).
‘Boryana’
. bo-ree-
ah
-nuh. Possibly for French naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent (1778–1846).
‘Henonis’
. hen-
oh
-nis. After Dr. Hénon, who introduced it to cultivation in France from Japan.

nuda
McClure.
new
-duh. Lat. naked (referring to the lack of auricles and bristles on the leaf sheaths).

reticulata
(Rupr.) K. Koch. re-tik-ew-
lah
-tuh. Lat. net-veined (the leaves).

viridiglaucescens
(Carrière) Rivière & C. Rivière. vi-ri-dee-glaw-
kes
-uhnz. Lat. green becoming bluish white (the leaves).

vivax
McClure.
vee
-vax. Lat. vigorous.

Physalis
L. (Solanaceae).
fis
-uh-lis. From Gk. bladder, from the appearance of the fruit. 75 spp. ann. and perenn. herbs. Widespread, mainly warm and trop. Am.

alkekengi
L. al-kuh-
ken
-jee. Chinese lantern. Gk. name used by Dioscorides from a related plant, originally from Persian via Arabic. Eur. to China. var.
franchetii
(Masters) Mak. fran-
shet
-ee-ee. After French botanist Adrien René Franchet (1834–1900).

ixocarpa
Brot. ex Hornem. =
P. philadelphica

philadelphica
Lam. fil-uh-
delf
-i-kuh. Of Philadelphia. Mex., C Am.

Physocarpus
(Cambess.) Raf. (Rosa-ceae). fie-soh-
karp
-oos. Gk. bladder fruit, referring to the inflated fruit. 20 spp. deciduous shrubs. Canada, USA, N Mex., China, NE Asia.

capitatus
(Pursh) Kuntze. kap-i-
tah
-toos. Pacific ninebark. Lat. in a head (the flowers). SW Canada, W USA.

opulifolius
(L.) Maxim. op-ew-li-
foh
-lee-oos. Ninebark. Lat. with leaves like
Viburnum opulus
. SE Canada, E and C USA.

Physostegia
Benth. (Lamiaceae). fie-soh-
stee
-jee-uh. Gk. bladder covering, referring to the inflated calyx that covers the fruit. 12 spp. perenn. herbs. N Am.

virginiana
(L.) Benth. vir-jin-ee-
ah
-nuh. Obedient plant. Of Virginia. Canada, E and C USA, N Mex.

Phytolacca
L. (Phytolaccaceae). fie-toh-
lak
-uh. From Gk. plant, and Medieval Lat. (from Persian), a red dye, referring to the dye obtained from the fruit. 25 spp., perenn. herbs, shrubs, trees. N and S Am., Eur., Asia, Australia.

americana
L. uh-me-ri-
kah
-nuh. Poke-weed. Of America. Canada, USA.

Picea
A. Dietr. (Pinaceae).
pie
-see-uh. Spruces. Lat. name for a pine that produces pitch, from Lat. pitch. 35 spp. evergreen conifers. N Am., Eur., temp. Asia.

abies
(L.) Karst.
ab
-ee-ayz. Norway spruce. Lat. name for fir (
Abies
). Eur.
‘Clanbrassiliana’
. klan-bruh-sil-ee-
ah
-nuh. After James Hamilton (1730–1798), 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, who discovered it.
‘Nidiformis’
. nid-i-
form
-is. Lat. nest-shaped.

breweriana
S. Watson. brew-uh-ree-
ah
-nuh. Brewer spruce. After American botanist William Henry Brewer (1828–1910), who discovered it in 1863. Oregon, Calif.

engelmannii
Parry ex Engelm. eng-uhl-
man
-ee-ee. After George Engelmann (1809–1884), German-born botanist who worked on the flora of the W USA and described it under another name. SW Canada, W USA, N Mex.

glauca
(Moench) Voss.
glaw
-kuh. White spruce. Lat. bluish white (the foliage). Canada, N USA. var.
albertiana
(S. Br.) Sarg. al-bert-ee-
ah
-nuh. Alberta white spruce. Of Alberta (Canada).

mariana
(Mill.) Britton et al. ma-ree-
ah
-nuh. Black spruce. Of Maryland. Canada, N USA.

omorika
(Pan
č
i
ć
) Purk. o-
mo
-ri-kuh. Serbian spruce. From the native name. Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

orientalis
(L.) Link. o-ree-en-
tah
-lis. Oriental spruce. Lat. eastern. Turkey, Georgia.

pungens
Engelm.
pung
-uhnz. Blue spruce. Lat. sharp-pointed (the leaves). W USA.

purpurea
Mast. pur-
pew
-ree-uh. Lat. purple (the young cones). W China.

sitchensis
(Bong.) Carrière. sit-
chen
-sis. Sitka spruce. Of Sitka (Alaska). SW Canada, W USA.

pickaback plant
Tolmiea menziesii

pickerel weed
Pontederia cordata

Pieris
D. Don (Ericaceae).
peer
-ris, pee-
e
-ris. From Pieria, the home of the Muses of Gk. myth. 7 spp., shrubs, trees. SE USA, Cuba, E Asia.

formosa
(Wall.) D. Don. for-
moh
-suh. Lat. beautiful. Himal., China, SE Asia.
Forrestii Group
. fo-
rest
-ee-ee. After Scottish botanist and plant collector George Forrest (1873–1932), who introduced it to gardens. It was described (as
P. forrestii
) from plants grown from seed he collected in China ca. 1905.

japonica
(Thunb.) D. Don ex G. Don. juh-
pon
-i-kuh. Of Japan. China, Taiwan, Japan.

pignut
Carya glabra

Pilea
Lindl. (Urticaceae). pie-
lee
-uh. From Lat. cap, from the appearance of the calyx. 400 spp., ann. and perenn. herbs, shrubs. Widespread in warm regs. except Australasia.

cadierei
Gagnep. & Guillaumin. kadee-
e
-ree-ee. Aluminium plant. After R.P. (Révérend Père) Léopold Michel Cadière (1869–1955), French missionary. It was described from plants grown from his introduction from Vietnam. SW China, Vietnam.

microphylla
(L.) Liebm. mik-
rof
-i-luh. Artillery plant. Gk. small-leaved. SE USA to S Am.

peperomioides
Diels. pep-uh-roh-mee-
oy
-deez. Lat. like
Peperomia
(the leaves). China (Sichuan, Yunnan).

Pileostegia
Hook.f. & Thomson. (Hydrangeaceae). pil-ee-oh-
stee
-geeuh. Gk. cap covering, referring to the cap-like corolla. 3 spp. evergreen climbers. India, China, Japan.

viburnoides
Hook.f. & Thomson. vie-burn-
oy
-deez. Lat. like
Viburnum
(the flowerheads). NE India, China, Japan.

pimpernel, blue
Anagallis monelli
.
bog
A. tenella
.
scarlet
A. arvensis

pine
Pinus
.
arolla
P. cembra
.
Austrian
P. nigra
.
big-cone
P. coulteri
.
black
P. thunbergii
.
blue
P. wallichiana
.
Bosnian
P. heldreichii
.
bristlecone
P. aristata
.
Corsican
P. nigra
subsp.
laricio
.
dwarf Siberian
P. pumila
.
eastern white
P. strobus
.
Jack
P. banksiana
.
Japanese red
P. densi-flora
.
Japanese white
P. parviflora
.
Jeffrey
P. jeffreyi
.
Kauri
Agathis australis
.
King William
Athrotaxis selaginoides
.
Korean
Pinus koraiensis
.
lacebark
P. bungeana
.
limber
P. flex-ilis
.
loblolly
P. taeda
.
lodgepole
P. contorta
var.
latifolia
.
longleaf
P. palustris
.
Macedonian
P. peuce
.
maritime
P. pinaster
.
Monterey
P. radiata
.
mountain
P. mugo
.
New Caledonia
Araucaria columnaris
.
Norfolk Island
A. heterophylla
.
pitch
Pinus rigida
.
red
Dacrydium cupressinum, Pinus resinosa
.
Scots
P. sylvestris
.
scrub
P. virginiana
.
shore
P. contorta
.
stone
P. pinea
.
Tasmanian pencil
Athrotaxis cupressoides
.
umbrella
Pinus pinea, Sciadopitys verticillata
.
western white
Pinus monticola
.
western yellow
P. ponderosa
.
Weymouth
P. strobus
.
Wollemi
Wollemia nobilis

pineapple
Ananas comosus

pink
Dianthus
.
Carthusian
D. carthusianorum
.
Cheddar
D. gratianopolitanus
.
clove
D. caryophyllus
.
maiden
D. deltoides

pink siris
Albizia julibrissin

Pinus
L. (Pinaceae).
pie
-noos. Pines. The Lat. name. 100 spp. evergreen conifers. N and C Am., Eur., N Africa, Asia.

aristata
Engelm. a-ris-
tah
-tuh. Bristle-cone pine. Lat. finely pointed (the cone scales). SW USA.

ayacahuite
Ehrenb. ex Schltdl. ie-yak-uh-
weet
-ay. The native name. C Mex. to C Am.

banksiana
Lamb. bank-see-
ah
-nuh. Jack pine. After English botanist and explorer Sir Joseph Banks (1743–1820), who informed the author, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, of the existence of the tree growing at Pains Hill, Surrey, from which it was described. Canada, NE USA.

bungeana
Zucc. ex Lindl. bunj-ee-
ah
-nuh. Lacebark pine. After Russian botanist Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803–1890), who found it near Beijing in 1831. China.