Species Epithets - J

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Epithet	Meaning	Reference
jacobaea	St. Jacob. (Ragwort was known as St Jacob's Wort.)
japonica	From Japan.	Z
japonicum	From Japan.	Z
japonicus	From Japan.	Z
javanica	From the Island of Java, Indonesia.	Z
jubatum	With a loose and much branched tuft or panicle (juba, a mane).	Z
jucundum	Lovely, pleasant.	Z
judaica	From the mountains in Judea, in historic Palestine, now divided between Israel, Jordan and the West Bank.	Z
juncea	Rush-like.	Z
junceum	Rush-like.	Z
junceus	Rush-like.	Z
juniperinum	Juniper-like.	Z
juniperinus	Juniper-like.	Z