Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

yezoalpinus - yunnanensis

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
yezoalpinus yezoalpina yezoalpinum	from the mountains of Hokkaido
	yezo	yezo	noun	Yezo Japanese the former name for Hokkaido, the northernmost of the large islands of Japan
	alpinus	alpin	adj	of alps, mountains
	Salix yezoalpina Koidz.
yezoensis yezoensis yezoense	from Hokkaido
	yezo	yezo	noun	Yezo Japanese the former name for Hokkaido, the northernmost of the large islands of Japan
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
	Polemonium yezoense Kitam. Viola yezoensis Maxim.
yosemitensis yosemitensis yosemitense	from Yosemite Valley
	yosemite	yosemit	noun	Yosemite Yosemite Valley in Sierra Nevada Mts, central California, USA, site of Yosemite National Park
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
	Sedum yosemitense Britt.
yuccifolius yuccifolia yuccifolium	Yucca leaved
	yucca	yucc	noun	yuca Arawak native name for Manihot esculenta of which genus Yucca was mistaken for
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Eryngium yuccifolium Michx.
yunnanensis yunnanensis yunnanense	Yunnan province, China
	yunnan	yunnan	noun	Yunnan Chinese south central Chinese province along border with Myanmar and Laos
	ensis	ens	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: country or place of origin or habitat
	Rhododendron yunnanense Franch. Malus yunnanensis (Franch.) C. K. Schneid.