The Names of Plants Daniellia, daniellii for Dr D. Daniell who collected in Sierra Leone and Senegal c. 1840–53, or William Freeman Daniell (1818–65), collector in W Indies and China Danthonia, danthonii for Etienne Danthoine (fl. 1788), student of the grasses of Provence, France Danthonidium Little-Danthonia, diminutive of Danthonia Danthoniopsis Danthonia-like, botanical Latin from Danthonia and oyij danubialis -is -e, danuviensis -is -e from the upper Danube (Danuvius) Daphne old name for bay-laurel, from that of a Dryad nymph of chastity, Daphne, in Greek mythology (spurge laurel) daphneolus -a -um like Daphne daphnephylloides, daphniphylloides resembling Daphniphyllum Daphnimorpha With-the form-of Daphne, dafne-morfh Daphniphyllum Daphne-leaved, dafne-fullon (Daphniphyllaceae) daphnoides, daphnoideus -a -um resembling Daphne, Daphne-oides darcyi for John d’Arcy, contemporary collector with James Compton and Martin Rix in Mexico dareoides resembling Darea ( Asplenium) darjeeligensis -is -e from Darjeeling, India Darlingtonia for William Darlington (1782–1863), American physician, botanist and mycologist Darmera for Karl Darmer, nineteenth-century German horticulturist (formerly Peltiphyllum peltatum) darwasicus -a -um from the Darvaz range of the Pamir Mountains, Tajikistan Darwinia for Dr Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) author of The Botanic Garden and grandfather of Charles R. Darwin darwinii for Charles Robert Darwin (1809–82) naturalist and evolutionist, author of The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Darwiniothamnus Darwin’s-shrub, botanical Latin from Darwin and qamnoj, for Charles Robert Darwin (1809–82) Dasispermum Thickly-haired-seed, dasu-sperma Dasistoma Woolly-mouthed, dasu-stoma dasy- thick-, thickly-hairy-, woolly-, dasuj, dasudasyacanthus -a -um having thick spines, dasu-akanqa dasyanthus -a -um with very hairy flowers, dasu-anqoj dasycarpus -a -um with a thickly hairy ovary, dasu-karpoj dasychaetus -a -um having a thick mane, with dense hairiness, dasu-xaith dasyclados shaggy-twigged, dasu-kladoj Dasylepis Thick-scales, dasu-lepij (the clustered scales on the stout pedicels) Dasylirion Thick-lily, dasu-leirion (the thick stems) Dasynotus Hairy-backed, dasu-(nwton, nwtoj) (the throat of the corolla) dasypetalus -a -um having hairy petals, dasu-petalon Dasyphyllum, dasyphyllus -a -um Shaggy-leaf, with thickly hairy leaves, dasufullon
Dasypogon Shaggy-beard, dasu-pwgwn Dasypyrum Rough-wheat, dasu-puroj Dasystachys, dasystachys Dense-spiked-one, with shaggy spikes, dasu-staxuj dasystemon with very hairy stamens, dasu-stemon -dasys -hairy, dasuj, dasudasystylus -a -um having hairy styles, dasu-stuloj dasytrichus -a -um thickly haired, dasu-trixoj datil from the ancient volcanic Datil region of the Colorado plateau, New Mexico Datisca derivation obscure, dateomai for the divided leaves? (Datiscaceae) Datura from an Indian vernacular name, dhatura, Sanskrit, dhustura, (Arabic, tatorali) (thorn apple) Daubenya for Dr Charles Daubeny (1795–1867), Professor of Chemistry, then Botany at Oxford dauci- carrot-like, resembling Daucus 134