Botanic Scientific Terms

PI

picis - See pix, picea. - 10, 252

picea - DSN. From pix, pitch, and alludes to resinous character of some of the species. - 10, 249

picridifolium - DSN. With leaves like those of the genus Picris. See Crassocephalum X picridium. -16,456e

picris - Genus. See picridium - 16, 456e

picros - G. Bitter, sharp, pungent in taste. - 14, 277

picta - DSN. L. Painted, spotted or brightly coloured. In Riocreuxia p. it refers to the dark corolla markings. - 16, 310d

pieris - MGN. Pierides, a name for the muses. Name of genus from Pieria a place in northern Thessaly which was the reputed home of the muses. - 10, 250; 13, 1218

pigra – DSN. Slow, sluggish. See Mimosa p. – 18,388

pillansii - CSN. Neville S Pilans. See Watsonia p. - 3, 62; 16, 88d; 18,46

pilos- G. m. Anything made of felt (cloth), especially a hat. See Trichopilia - 14, 278; 28, 408

pilosa/sum - DSN. Hairy. See Bidens p., Triumfetta p. – 18,218,282

piloselloides - DSN. L. With shaggy hairs. See Gerbera p. - 1, 278; 16, 446b, 450a; 18,220

pilosellum - DSN. L. Shaggy-hairy. Helichrysum p. - 1, 278; 3, 172; 16, 446a

pilosum – DSN. Hairy See Miraglossum p. – 18,546

pilosus - DSN. L. With soft hairs. See Dichilus p. - 16, 202j

pilulifera - DSN. Bearing hairs. See Myrica p. - 2, 62

pilus - DSN. Hair. See rubropilosa. - 14, 439

pimelea - DSN. From pimele, fat, and refers to the oily seeds. - 10, 251

pimele – DSN. Fat. See Pimelea . - 10, 251

pimpinella - MGN. The name for anise, (origin uncertain) - 16, 288c

pinnata - DSN. L. Feather-like. In Psoralea p. it alludes to the arrangement of the leaflets on a common stalk - 16,190c

pinus - MGN. The old Latin word used by Virgil could be from pix, picis, pitch, resin.

pippul - A Bengalese name. See Piper. - 1, 98; 16, 120c itch or resin. - 10, 252

piper - MGN. From pippali or pippul – Sanskrit or Benghales for pepper. See genus Piper. - 1,98; 16,120c; 18,132

pirus - L. Pear. See genus Pyrus. - 10,274

pistacia - MGN. G. Pistake or pistakion, the name of these succulent nuts borne on the European species P. vera. - 4, 110; 10, 253

pistake - G. Pistacia. See Pistacia. - 4, 110; 10, 253

pistakion - G. Pistacia. See Pistacia. - 4, 110; 10, 253

pistos – DSN. Aquatic. Pistia – 18,506

pitta - Resin. See genus Pittosporum . - 2, 112; 4, 111; 10, 253; 12, 301; 16, 158f

pittosporum – DSN. From pitta, resin or resinous and spora seed. - 2, 112; 4, 111; 10, 253; 12,301; 16,158f

pitus - A fir tree. See genus Sciadopitys. - 10, 294

pitys - G. f. Pine. - 14, 278

pix - Pitch, resin. Also picis. See genus Picea, Pinus. - 10, 249, 252

PL

plagios - G. Placed sideways, sloping, oblique. - 14, 278

plantagineum - DGN. G. Resembling the genus plantago sp., the plantain . In Craterostigma p. it refers to the appearance of the leaves.- 1, 236; 5, pl 147; 16, 366e

plantago - G. (1). Resembling the genus plantago sp., the plantain . See plantagineum (2). Plantlike, aquatic. See plantago-aquatica. - 1, 236; 5, pl 147; 16, 366e; 18,84,588

plantago-aquatica – DSN. Plantlike, aquatic. Alisma p-a. - 18,84

platanus - DSN. G. From platys, flat. The Greek name for P. orientalis, the Plane, being an allusion to the broad flat leaves. - 4, 114; 10, 255

platy- - G. In compounds, broad. - 14, 486

platypetalum - DSN. With broad petals. Combretum p. - 5, pl 110

platyphyllos - G. Broad-leaved, from platys, broad.- 14, 278

platys - G. Wide, broad, flat. See Platanus, Platystele, Platylepis, Platycarpha and species platyphyllos.- 4,114; 14,278; 18,124,446; 28, 371

platystele - DSN. G. From platys broad and stele column, descriptive of the short column which is dilated above. - 28, 371

plebeia - DSN. Common. See Ipomoea p. – 18,178

plectos - G. Plaited, twisted. - 14, 278

plectranthus - DSN. G. Plectron, a spur and anthos a flower, because the corolla tube is at the base. - 1,228,230, 232; 3, 132; 10, 255; 16, 346e,f, 350e, 352a-c, 354a-c, 356a,b, 358c

plectron - G. n. Something to strike with, hence a cock’s spur. Plectranthus. - 1, 228; 3, 132; 10,255; 14,278; 16, 346e

plegma - G. n. Anything, twined or twisted. - 14, 278

plei-G. In compounds, many-. - 14, 278

pleio- - G. In compounds, more than usual. - 14, 486

pleiocephalus - DSN. Many heads. See Aster p. – 18,210

pleione - MGN. The mother of the Pleiads of Greek Mythology who were transformed into a cluster of stars by Zeus. See Pleione. - 13, 1218; 28, 372

pleisto- - G. In compounds, most-. - 14, 486

plektos – DSN. Twisted. See genus Schoenoplectus – 18,564

plektron – DSN. A spur. See genus Plectranthus.- 18,184,304,424,472

pleur- - G. pleuro-. In compounds, lateral, in a sideways position, ribbed. - 14, 486

pleura - G. f. Rib. - 14, 278

pleuron - G. Rib. See Pleurothallis. - 28, 373

pleurostylia - DSN. Lateral style which leaves a scar on the side of the fruit. - 2, 280

pleurothallis - DSN. G. From pleuron rib and thallos short, branch, an allusion to the many rib-like stems which arise in tufts in many species. - 28, 373

plexipus - DSN. L. A folded foot or base. - 16, 340e,f, 342f

plexus – DSN. Plaited. See genus Didymoplexis. – 18,124

plicatus - DSN. Folded. See Plicosepalus - 12, 304; 13, 1223; 18,50

plicosepalus – DSN. From plicatus, folded. For Plicosepalus buds and flowers strongly curved. - 18,50

plumbago - DSN. Lead, lead-like. From plumbum, lead because some species thought to be a remedy for lead poisoning. - 1, 192; 10, 256; 16, 292e

plumbum – DSN. Lead. See genus Plumbago. - 10, 256; 18,162

plumeria - CSN. Charles Plumier for genus Plumeria. - 10, 256

plumosus - DSN. Feathery. - 10, 340

pluridens - DSN. Having many teeth. See Aloe p. - 2, 58