Species Epithets - I

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Epithet	Meaning	Reference
idaeus	From Mount Ida the highest peak in Crete.	Z
igneum	Incandescent red, bright scarlet.	Z
ikariae	From Ikaria island, Greece.
ilex	Like Holly, Ilex.
illyricum	From ancient Illyria, mainly in present day Albania.	Z
illyricus	From ancient Illyria, mainly in present day Albania.	Z
ilvensis	From the isle of Elba.	Z
imbecilla	Weak, frail, limp.	Z
imberbe	Beardless, devoid of hairs.	Z
imbricatus	Covered spirally with broad scales arranged like the tiles of a house.	Z
inaequidens	With uneven irregular teeth.	Z
inane	Empty, free (as a stem without pith).	Z
inaperta	Without opening.	Z
inapertum	Without opening.	Z
incana	Hoary, grey with age, like grey felt.	Z
incanum	Hoary, grey with age, like grey felt.	Z
incanus	Hoary, grey with age, like grey felt.	Z
incarnata	Flesh-coloured.	Z
incarnatum	Flesh-coloured.	Z
incertus	Uncertain.	Z
incisa	Incised, cut deeply into irregular lobes.	Z
incisum	Incised, cut deeply into irregular lobes.	Z
inclinata	Slanting inwards or downwards.	Z
incompleta	Incomplete, lacking (as if flowers are denude of calyx or corolla).	Z
incompletus	Incomplete, lacking (as if flowers are denude of calyx or corolla).	Z
inconspicua	Very small, barely visible.	Z
inconspicuus	Very small, barely visible.	Z
incurva	Curved inwards.	Z
incurvatus	Curved inwards.	Z
incurvus	Curved inwards.	Z
indica	Of Indian origin.	Z
indicus	Of Indian origin.	Z
induratus	Hardened by degrees, incrassate.	Z
inermis	Unarmed, defenceless, denude of thorns.	Z
infestior	Injurious, dangerous.	Z
infestus	Injurious, dangerous.	Z
infirma	Weak, feeble, sickly, brittle.	Z
inflexa	Turned in, bent abruptly, incurved.	Z
inflexus	Turned in, bent abruptly, incurved.	Z
inodorum	Without scent.	Z
insculpta	Engraved, imbedded in rock.	Z
insculptus	Engraved, imbedded in rock.	Z
insectifera	With a flower shaped like an insect (literally "having an insect").
inserta	Connected, supported (mode of attachment).	Z
insigne	Remarkable, eximius.	Z
insignis	Remarkable, eximius.	Z
insititia	Grafted, improved, budded.	Z
insulare	Inhabiting islands.	Z
integrifolius	Having leaves with unbroken smooth edge.	Z
interjectum	With intermediate joint or section.	Z
intermedius	Intermediate between two forms, a space between two parts.	Z
interrupta	Breaking the symmetry of form or texture, or partly so.	Z
interruptus	Breaking the symmetry of form or texture, or partly so.	Z
intertexta	Entangled, twisted, webbed together.	Z
intricata	Very webby or entangled.	Z
intumescens	Swelling, having swellings.	Z
intybacea	Resembling Chicory, Cichorium Intybus.	Z
intybus	Latin: Chicory.
inundata	Inundated, overflowed, growing within the reach of floods.	Z
inundatum	Inundated, overflowed, growing within the reach of floods.	Z
inundatus	Inundated, overflowed, growing within the reach of floods.	Z
inversa	Bent downwards, turned over.	Z
involucrata	Enwrapped, provided with covering, rolled together.	Z
involucratus	Enwrapped, provided with covering, rolled together.	Z
irregularis	Irregular, not according to rule, as a flower which cannot be halved in any plane.	Z
irrigua	Irrigated, watered.	Z
irrorata	Covered with dew or apparently so.	Z
ischaemum	Arresting haemorrhage.	Z
isthmocarpum	With projecting fruits (from Isthmus, a neck of land).	Z
italica	Of Italian origin.	Z
italicum	Of Italian origin.	Z