The Names of Plants

The Names of Plants iseanus -a -um, isensis -is -e from Ise-shima national park, Honshu, Japan Iseilema Equal-covers, is-eiluma Isertia for Paul Erdmann Isert (1756–89), Danish doctor in W Africa and Guiana Isidorea for Isidorus Hispalensis (560–636), Bishop of Seville, author of the encyclopaedic Etymologiarum Isidrogalvia for Isidro Galvez islandicus -a -um from Iceland, Icelandic islayensis -is -e from Islay region, S Peru Ismene for Ismene, the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta ( Hymenocalis) Isnardia for A. T. Danty d’Isnard (1663–1743), professor of botany at Paris iso- equal-, isoj, isoisobasis -is -e equal-footed; equal-founded, with regular bases, iso-basij Isoberlinia Equal-to-Berlinia, botanical Latin from iso and Berlinia (related genus) Isocheilus Equal-lip, iso-xeiloj (the laterals equal the labellum) Isodendron Equal-to-a-tree, iso-dendron (arborescent Violaceae) Isodictyophorus Bearing -regular-net, iso-diktuon-ferw (Isodictyophorus reticulatus) Isoëtes Equal-to-a-year, iso-etoj (Pliny’s name, isoetes, implies green throughout the year) (Isoetaceae) isoetifolius -a -um having leaves similar to those of Isoetes, isoetes-folium Isoetopsis Resembling-Isoetes, iso-etoj-oyij (physical similarity) Isoglossa Equal-tongued-one, iso-glwssa Isolepis Equal-scales, iso-lepij (the upper and lower glumes, Scirpus) Isoloma Equal-border, iso-lwma (the equal lobes of the perianth) Isolona Equal-petals, iso-lwna (the equal petals); some interpret as Equal-toAnnona (related genus) Isomeris, isomeris -is -e Equal-parts, iso-meroj (floral parts not equal; malodorous throughout) Isometrum Equal-dimension, iso-metron (very regular symmetry) Isonandra Equal-stamens, iso-anhr (equal numbers of fertile and sterile stamens) Isonema Equal-threads, iso-nhma (the exerted stamens) isopetalus -a -um having uniformly shaped petals, iso-petalon isophyllus -a -um equal-leaved, uniformly leaved, iso-fullon Isophysis Equal-parts, iso-fusij Isoplexis Equal-folds, iso-plekw (upper corolla lobe and the lip) Isopogon Equal-beard, iso-pwgwn (fringed flowers) isopyroides resembling Isopyrum, Isopyrum-oides Isopyrum Equalling-wheat, iso-puroj (fruits similar to wheat grains) Isotoma Equal-division, iso-tomh (the equal corolla segments, Lobelia) Isotria Three-equal, iso-(treij, tria) or Equal-triad, iso-triaj (the sepals) Isotropis Equal-keeled, iso-tropij (the carina) israeliticus -a -um of the Israelites issicus -a -um from Issus, Cilicia, Turkey -issimus -a -um -est, -the best, -the most (superlative suffix) -ister -ra -rum see -aster (this suffix is added to genera based on a vowel stem, e.g. Sinapistrum, sinapi-istrum) Isthmia Girdle, isqmoj (the diatom’s necklace-like band) isthmius -a -um necklaced, isqmion istria, istriacus -a -um from Istria, Croatia itabiritensis -is -e from Itabira, the Iron Mountain area, Minas Gerais, Brazil italicus -a -um from Italy, Italian (Italia) itatiaiae from the Pico de Itatiaia, Itatiaia national park, Brazil Itea Greek, itea, for a willow (Iteaceae) iteaphyllus -a -um, iteophyllus willow-leaved, iteo-fullon iteratus -a -um repeated, iteratus (growth cycle) -ites,-itis -closely resembling, -having, -related to, -ithj, -itij ithy- straight-, erect-, iquj, euquj Ithycaulon straight-stemmed, iquj-kauloj 218