Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

atramentarius - aulicus

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Epithet	Definition
	Derivation	Stem	Type/ Gender	Meaning
atramentarius atramentaria atramentarium	ink like
	atramentum	atrament	noun/n	a black liquid; ink; boot black
	arius	ari	adj	adjective suffix for nouns or numbers: connected to or possessed by
	Acacia atramentaria Benth.
atramentifer atramentifera atramentiferum	ink bearing
	atramentum	atrament	noun/n	a black liquid; ink; boot black
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	fer	fer	apar	fero to bear, carry, bring
	Myrcia atramentifera Barb. Rodr.
atratus atrata atratum	black
	atratus	atrat	adj	clothed in black, dressed in mourning
	Carex atrata Boott Hieracium atratum Fries Astragalus atratus S. Wats.
atricolor atricolores	dark color
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	color	color	noun	color
atriplicifolius atriplicifolia atriplicifolium	Atriplex leaved
	atriplex	atriplic	noun/n	ατραφαξιϛ, ατραφαξυϛ, αδραφαξυϛ, ανδραφαξιϛ a pot-herb like spinach, orach (Atriplex hortensis) from which the entire genus gets its name
	i	i	cnct	connective vowel used by botanical Latin
	folius	foli	adj	folium leaf
	Beta atriplicifolia Rouy Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (L.) H.E. Robins.
atrocarpus atrocarpa atrocarpum	dark seed
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	carpos	carp	noun/m	καρποϛ fruit
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Berberis atrocarpa C. K. Schneid. Pandanus atrocarpus Griff.
atrocinctus atrocincta atrocinctum	dark band
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	cinctus	cinct	ppar	cingo to surround with a girdle; to gird
	Scirpus atrocinctus Fern.
atrocinereus atrocinerea atrocinereum	dark gray
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	cinereus	cinere	adj	like ashes, ash colored
	Salix atrocinerea Brot.
atrococcus atrococca atrococcum	dark red
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	coccos	cocc	noun/n	κοκκοϛ berry of the scarlet oak, used as a red dye
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Chamaesyce atrococca (Heller) Croizat & Deg. Vaccinium atrococcum (Gray) Heller Cyanococcus atrococcus (Gray) Small
atrocyaneus atrocyanea atrocyaneum	very dark blue
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	cyaneus	cyane	adj	κυανεοϛ dark blue
	Iris atrocyanea Small Viburnum atrocyaneum C. B. Clarke
atroflavescens atroflavescens atroflavescens	becoming dark yellow
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	flavus	flav	adj	golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen, blonde
	escens	escent	adj	adjective suffix for nouns or adjectives: becoming like, incomplete resemblance -ish
	Rhizocarpon atroflavescens Lynge
atroflavus atroflava atroflavum	dark yellow
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	flavus	flav	adj	golden yellow, reddish yellow, flaxen, blonde
	Caloplaca atroflava (Turner) Mong.
atrofulvus atrofulva atrofulvum	very dark yellow
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	fulvus	fulv	adj	deep yellow, reddish yellow, golden, tawny
	Miriquidica atrofulva (Sommerf.) A. J. Schwab & Rambold
atrofuscus atrofusca atrofuscum	very dark
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	fuscus	fusc	adj	dark, dusky, swarthy
	Carex atrofusca Schkuhr
atroglandulosus atroglandulosa atroglandulosum	dark glands
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	glandulosus	glandulos	adj	full of glands
	Oxalis atroglandulosa R. Knuth
atroglaucus atroglauca atroglaucum	dark glaucus
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	glaucus	glauc	adj	γλαυκοϛ bright, sparkling, gleaming; grayish, bluish-green (for plants, a white bloom on a leaf giving a gray-green appearance)
	Taraxacum atroglaucum M.P. Christens.
atrogriseus atrogrisea atrogriseum	dark gray
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	griseus	grise	adj	ML gray
	Bacidia atrogrisea (Delise ex Hepp) Korber
atrolutescens atrolutescens atrolutescens	becoming dark yellow
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	luteus	lute	adj	golden, saffron, orange-yellow
	scens	scent	adj	escens adjective suffix for nouns or adjectives: becoming like, incomplete resemblance -ish
	Lecidea atrolutescens Nyl.
atromarginatus atromarginata atromarginatum	dark margins
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	marginatus	marginat	ppar	marginato to furnish with a border; to border, enclose with a margin
	Lecidea atromarginata H. Magn.
atroniveus atronivea atroniveum	black and white
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	niveus	nive	adj	of the snow; snow white
	Carbonea atronivea (Arnold) Hertel
atropalustris atropalustris atropalustre	dark marshes
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	palustris	palustr	adj	paluster marshy, boggy; older Latin texts use paluster for the masculine rather than the contemporary palustris
	Dryopteris atropalustris Small
atropilosulus atropilosula atropilosulum	dark and somewhat hairy
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	pilosus	pilos	adj	hairy, shaggy
	ulus	ul	adj	adjective suffix for adjectives: diminutive
	Diplotheca atropilosula Hochst. Astragalus atropilosulus (Hochst.) Bunge
atropubescens atropubescens atropubescens	dark becoming hairy
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	pubescens	pubescent	adj	pubesco to reach puberty, become pubescent
	Astragalus atropubescens Coult. & Fisher
atropunctatus atropunctata atropunctatum	dark spots
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	punctum	punct	noun/n	something that is pricked; a puncture; a spot; a small portion
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Caesalpinia atropunctata Eifert
atropuniceus atropunicea atropuniceum	dark purple
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	puniceus	punice	adj	reddish, purple
atropurpureus atropurpurea atropurpureum	dark purple
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	purpureus	purpure	adj	purple colored
	Angelica atropurpurea L. Solanum atropurpureum Schrank Aragallus atropurpureus Rydb.
atrorubellus atrorubella atrorubellum	slightly dark red
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	rubellus	rubell	adj	reddish
	Crataegus x atrorubella Cinovskis
atrorubens atrorubens atrorubens	deep red
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	rubens	rubent	apar	rubeo to be red
	Arisaema atrorubens (Ait.) Blume
atrosanguineus atrosanguinea atrosanguineum	deep red
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	sanguineus	sanguine	adj	of blood; blood-colored
	Malus x atrosanguinea (Spath) C. K. Schneid. Allium atrosanguineum Schrenk Cosmos atrosanguineus (Hook.) Voss
atrospermus atrosperma atrospermum	dark seeds
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	sperma	sperm	noun/n	σπερμα seed, germ
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Spergularia atrosperma R.P. Rossb.
atrosquamus atrosquama atrosquamum	dark scales
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	squama	squam	noun/f	a scale
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Carex atrosquama Mack.
atrostriatus atrostriata atrostriatum	dark stripes
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	stria	stri	noun/f	furrow, channel
	atus	at	adj	adjectival suffix for nouns: possessive of or likeness of something (with, shaped, made)/ for verb participles: a completed action, -ed
	Physcia atrostriata Moberg
atrosulphureus atrosulphurea atrosulphureum	dark yellow
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	sulphureus	sulphure	adj	sulpherous (also sulfureus)
	Lecanora atrosulphurea (Wahlenb.) Ach.
atrotegula atrotegulae	dark top
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	tegula	tegul	noun/f	roof tile, tiled roof (usually plural: tegulae)
atroviolaceus atroviolacea atroviolaceum	deep violet
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	viola	viol	noun/f	violet; wall-flower
	aceus	ace	adj	adjective suffix for nouns: resembles, of..., ...like, mixture using, fragrance of; borrowed from nouns declined like ...ax, ...acis + eus
	Bellevalia atroviolacea Regel Allium atroviolaceum Boiss. Gladiolus atroviolaceus Boiss.
atrovirens atrovirens atrovirens	dark green
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	virens	virent	apar	vireo to be green or verdant
	Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
atroviridis atroviridis atroviride	dark green
	ater	atr	adj	black, sable, dark, gloomy (compounds: classical latin atri-; botanical latin atro-)
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	viridis	virid	adj	green
	Lecidea atroviridis (Arnold) Th. Fr.
atrox atrox atrox	dark
	atrox	atr	adj	dark, gloomy, dreadful; savage, fierce
attenuatus attenuata attenuatum	weak
	attenuatus	attenuat	adj	impaired, week; meager
	Aeria attenuata O.F. Cook Piper attenuatum Buch.-Ham. Penstemon attenuatus Dougl. ex Lindl.
atticus attica atticum	from Attica, around Athens
	atticus	attic	adj	Atticus Αττικοϛ of or pertaining to Attica, that portion Greece of which Athens was the major city
	Poa attica Boiss. & Heldr. Erigeron atticus Vill.
attollens attollens attollens	raising
	attollens	attoll	apar	attollo to raise, lift up
	Elephantella attollens (Gray) Heller
attractus a um	attracted
	attractus		padj	attraho to attract, draw towards
	Rubus attractus Bailey
auctus acuta acutum	enlarged
	auctus	acut	padj	augeo to enlarge, increase
	Festuca aucta Krecz. & Bobr.
aucuparius aucuparia aucuparium	bird catching
	aucuparius	aucupari	ppar	aucupor to catch birds
	Sorbus aucuparia L. Sapium aucuparium Jacq., nom. illeg.
audax audax audax	bold
	audax	audac	adj	daring, bold; foolhardy
	Rubus audax Bailey
audens audens audens	daring
	audens	aud	padj	audeo to be bold, daring
augescens augescens augescens	beginng to grow
	augescens	augesc	padj	augesco to begin to grow, increase
	Dryopteris augescens (Link) C. Christens.
augustus augusta augustum	majestic
	augustus	august	adj	sacred, consecrated, honorable, majestic, august; venerable, noble
	Rhopaloblaste augusta (Kurz) H. E. Moore Abroma augustum (L.) L. f.
aulacocarpus aulacocarpa aulacocarpum	grooved seed
	aulax	aulac	noun/f	αυλαξ, ακοϛ furrow
	o	o	cnct	connective vowel in botanical Latin, usually for Greek words but in some cases, such as color tingeing, for Latin words
	carpos	carp	noun/m	καρποϛ fruit
	us		adj	Latinizing suffix
	Acacia aulacocarpa A. Cunn. ex Benth.
aulicus aulica aulicum	princely
	aulicus	aulic	adj	αυλικοϛ princely
	Crataegus aulica Sarg. Hippeastrum aulicum Herb.