The Names of Plants

Glossary Trilisa Tripled, trilic (the pappus structure) Trillidium Little-Trillium (diminutive suffix, floral resemblance) Trillium Triple-lily, tri-lirion (the parts are conspicuously in threes, lily-like) (Trilliaceae) trilobatus -a -um, trilobus -a -um three-lobed, tri-loboj trilocularis -is -e with a three-chambered ovary or fruit, tri-loculus trilophus -a -um with three crests, tri-lofia trimaculatus -a -um marked with three spots, three-spotted, tri-(macula, maculae) trimerus -a -um with a series of three parts, tri-meroj (floral organs) trimestris of three months, maturing in three months, tri-mensis (Lavatera trimestris) (cf. semester, from German, from Latin semestris) Trimeza Three-big(-ones), tri- meizwn (comparative of megaj; for the larger outer tepals) Trimorpha Three-forms, tri-morfh (capitulae) trimus -a -um lasting three years, three years old, trimus trinervis -is -e, trinervius -a -um three-nerved, tri-nervus (three-veined leaves) trineus -a -um three fold, trinus (floral structure) Trinia for Karl Bernhard Friehher von Trinius (1778–1844), German physician and botanist in St Petersburg, Russia triniifolius -a -um having leaves resembling those of Trinia Triniochloa Trinius’-grass, botanical Latin from Trinius and xloh trinus -a -um in threes, trini, trinorum Triodanis etymology uncertain Triodia Three-toothed, treij-odouj (the apex of the lemmas, Sieglingia) Triolena Three-armed, treij-olene (the appendages of the stamens) trionus -a -um three-clawed, treij-onuc trionychon three-clawed, treij-onuxoj (the bract and paired bracteoles) Triopteris Three-winged, treij-pteron (the three-winged samaras) triornithophorus -a -um bearing three birds, the flower-heads, treij-(ornij, orniqoj)-fora (Linaria flower-heads – often has four flowers) Triosteum Three-bones, treij-osteon (the three bony nutlets) tripartitus -a -um divided into three segments, tripartitus, tripertitus Tripetaleia Three-petals, treij-petalon (the tripartite floral arrangement) tripetaloides similar to Tripetaleia, treij-petalon-oeidhj, Tripetaleia-oides tripetalus -a -um three-petalled, treij-petalon Triphasia Triple, trifasioj (floral parts) Triphora Bearing-three(-lobes), treij-fora (the labellum) triphyllos three-leaved, with three leaflets, treij-fullon triphyllus -a -um three-leaved, tria-fullon Triphyophyllum Growing-three-leaf(-forms), treij-fuh-fullon (one with two apical hooks, one entire and one filamentous with Drosera-like glands) (Dioncophyllum produces only two; Dioncophyllaceae) Triphysaria Three-bladdered-one, treij-fusa (pouches of lower lip) tripinnatus -a -um having thrice-pinnate leaves, tri-pinnatus Triplachne Triple-scaled, triplouj-axnh Triplaris In-threes, triplaris (the floral parts) Triplasis Three-times-more, triplasioj (the lemmas have an awn and two subulate lobes) Tripleurospermum Three-ribbed-seed, treij-pleuron-sperma (the achene has three ribs) tripli-, triplo- triple-, threefold-, triplouj triplinervis -is -e with three veins (leaves) Triplochiton Three-coverings, triplouj-xitwn (the flowers have a series of petaloid staminodes within the staminal ring, forming the third layer) Triplochlamys Three-covers, triplouj-xlamuj, triploTriplophyllum Triple-leaved-one, triplouj-fullon (primary frond division) Triplotaxis Three-ranked, triplouj-tacis (the involucral bracts) 387