Species Epithets - G

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Epithet	Meaning	Reference
gale	Old name for Bog Myrtle (Sweet Gale), probably from Anglo-Saxon Gagel.	JS
galeobdolon	Yellow Dead-nettle or Archangel, Lamium Galeobdolon.	Z
galericulata	With small helmet, cap or hood.	Z
gallica	Of French origin (Gallia ; Gaul).	Z
gallicum	Of French origin (Gallia ; Gaul).	Z
gallicus	Of French origin (Gallia ; Gaul).	Z
gallii	Of Gaul (France).
galpinii	After E E Galpin, a banker who collected plants in Southern Africa and the latter half of the 19th century. {Dierama, O M Hilliard and B L Burtt}
garganica	From Mount Gargano, in Apulia, Italy.	Z
garganicum	From Mount Gargano, in Apulia, Italy.	Z
gemellum	Bearing twin flowers.	Z
geniculata	With bent knees, abruptly bent like a knee, or with joints.	Z
geniculatum	With bent knees, abruptly bent like a knee, or with joints.	Z
geniculatus	With bent knees, abruptly bent like a knee, or with joints.	Z
gentianoides	Resembling Gentiana, Gentian.	Z
geoides	Resembling Avens, Geum.	Z
germanica	Of German origin.	Z
germanicum	Of German origin.	Z
gibba	Humped, hunchbacked. (gibbose = more convex in one place than another.).	Z
gigantea	Gigantic, unusually higher than the type.	Z
giganteum	Gigantic, unusually higher than the type.	Z
giganteus	Gigantic, unusually higher than the type.	Z
gilvum	Dull yellow, brown-yellow.	Z
githago	Internet sources disagree, several say this is Greek for "Field garland" (which my limited Greek cannot substantiate); others say it refers to the black seed.
glaber	Smooth, bare.	Z
glabra	Smooth, bare.	Z
glabrata	Destitute of pubescence, hairless.	Z
glabratum	Destitute of pubescence, hairless.	Z
glabrescens	Becoming hairless or slightly so.	Z
glabriuscula	Nearly hairless, glabrous.	Z
glacialis	Growing in the snow region.	Z
gladiata	Sword shaped.	Z
glandulifera	Bearing small glands.	Z
glandulosum	Glandular, having glands or glandular cells.	Z
glareosus	Frequenting gravel or sand.	Z
glastifolius	Having leaves like Dyer's Woad, Isatis.	Z
glauca	Grey-blue, sea-blue, or lavender.	Z
glaucescens	Somewhat glaucous (covered with a greyish, bluish, or whitish waxy coating or bloom that is easily rubbed off).	Z
glaucophyllum	With grey-blue leaves.	Z
glaucum	Grey-blue, sea-blue, or lavender.	Z
glaucus	Grey-blue, sea-blue, or lavender.	Z
globosa	Ball-like, nearly spherical.	Z
globularis	Globe, ball-shaped.	Z
globulifera	Bearing small globes (buds).	Z
globulosus	In form of small balls.	Z
glochidiatus	Barbed on one or both :sides as some awns.	Z
glomerata	Club-shaped, clustered into ahead.	Z
glomeratum	Club-shaped, clustered into ahead.	Z
glomeratus	Club-shaped, clustered into ahead.	Z
gloriosa	Glorious, noble, splendid.	Z
glumaceum	Having chaff-like bracts (glume in grasses and sedges).	Z
glutinosa	Covered with sticky exudation.	Z
glycyphyllos	Sweet-leaved. (Greek.)	DBE
glyptostroboides	Like Glyptostrobus, another deciduous redwood.
gracile	Slender, gracefully slight in form.	Z
gracilentum	Slender, willowy (gracilis, slender).	Z
gracilis	Slender, gracefully slight in form.	Z
gracillima	Very slender.	Z
graecum	Of Greek origin.	Z
graminea	Grass-like, or relating to grain.	Z
gramineum	Grass-like, or relating to grain.	Z
gramineus	Grass-like, or relating to grain.	Z
granatum	Filled with kernels.	Z
grandidens	Having large teeth.	Z
grandiflora	With flowers larger than the normal.	Z
grandiflorum	With flowers larger than the normal.	Z
grandiflorus	With flowers larger than the normal.	Z
grandis	Large, big.	Z
granulata	Granular, composed of grains, or divided into small knots or tubercles, as the roots of some Saxifraga.	Z
gratianopolitanus	From Grenoble (Gratianopolis). Cheeky of us to call it Cheddar Pink then…
gratum	Agreeable or pleasant.	Z
gratus	Agreeable or pleasant.	Z
graveolens	Of strong or rank odour.	Z
griseum	Somewhat greyish.	Z
groenlandicum	From Greenland.	Z
grossus	Big, thick, coarse.	Z
gruinum	Resembling crane's bill.	Z
guttata	Dotted or spotted, as by drops.	Z
guttatus	Dotted or spotted, as by drops.	Z