For Federico Cesi (Fridericus Caesius) (1585-1630),** Italian botanist, microscopist and supporter of Galileo, discovered that ferns have spores.
(Ch)

calos, = beautiful, fair;
-opsis, = aspect, appearance, hence ‘resemblance’.
(LS, BL)

campylos, = bent, curved;
pous, podos, = a foot.
(LS)

campylos, = bent, curved;
stachys, = ear of corn.
(in modern botany, ‘spike’)

(LS, BL)

kannabis, = hemp. (derived from a Semitic word).
cannabis, = hemp.
(LS, Int)

canna, = a reed, cane;
-omoios, = -like, resembling.
(LS)

capelio, = of the Cape.
(An anagram of Alciope)
(Le, Cl)

capos,= a garden, an orchard, pot plant;
bolos, = a lump or mass of anything.
(tufted growth form - resemblance to the genus OREOBOLUS.)
(LS, Le)

Cape, = the Cape;
chloa, chloe, = the tender shoot of plants in spring, the blade of young corn or grass.
(The name refers to the geographical center for the genus, as characterisitic of the Cape flora)
(LS, Mgb)

carex, = reed-grass, rush or sedge.
(Latin name for sedge)
(In some species the upper florescent spikes are without seeds because the spikes are male)
(ld, Le, Cl)

carpos, = fruit;
acoce, = a point, edge.
(fruit ends in a sharp point)
(LS, Le)

carpos, = fruit;
anthos, = flower.
(allusion rather vague)
(referring to the open fruit which looks like a star-shaped flower when open)
(BL, Le, Cl)

carphos, = any dry particle, a dry stalk or chip; dry twigs, straws, bits of wool, such as birds make their nests of; husks or chaff.
(LS)

carpos, = fruit;
brotos, = blood from a wound, gore.
brota, =edible things.
(fruit can be eaten)
(LS, Le)

qurtun, = to paint.
(saffron dye extracted from C. tinctorius, 'safflower' or 'bastard saffron');
carthamus is a small genus of annual composite plants cultivated from Europe to China, the flowers of which yield red and yellow dyes, and as a drug.
(Le, Ox)

cassis, = a helmet, commonly of metal.
From Timucua tribe of Florida Indians applied to some species of Ilex, which the local Cassine resembles.
(also ILEX, especially Ilex vomitaria)

(ld, K3)

Of Semitic origin;
cassuo, = to stitch, to sew together; to stitch up.
(Greek name for parasitic plant known as dodderlaurel).
(Le, LS, K3)

casuarius, = cassowary, from the fancied resemblanceof the branches to the feathers of the bird.
A genus of curious trees, with jointed leafless branches, having the appearance of gigantic horse-tails.
(Ox)

celtis, = stone-chisel, sculptor’s chisel;
celtis, = an African species of lotus.(Pliny)

(Ox, ld)

ΚΕΓΧΡΟΣ, kenchros, = millet; hence any small grain.
kenchros, = millet

(LS, Le)

kenos, = empty, fruitless, bereft of;
-ella, = diminutive; slightly.
(origin uncertain)
(probably alluding to the small, pointed styles)
(LS, BL, Le, Cl)

ceras, = horn;
-ium, = 'characteristic of'.
(horned capsules)
(LS, BL, Le)

ceras, = a horn;
aner, andrus, = man, of a man.
aner, andros, = male stamen.
(refers to the two projecting, horn-like rostellum arms that bear the pollinaria in C. atrata)
(LS, BL, Co)

ceras, = a horn;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness;
caryon, = the nut;
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(the fruit)
(LS, BL, Le)

ceras, = a horn;
-atus, = indicates possession or likeness.
odon, ontos, odons, = a tooth.
(LS, BL)

chēn, = a gander, goose, named from its wide bill;
chaino, = to yawn, gape, open wide;
stoma, = the mouth.
(LS)

chamere, = a kind of umbellifer.

An 'umbel' is a flower cluster in which stalks nearly equal in length spring from a common centre and form a flat or curved surface such as in carrots. [Latin: 'umbella' = sunshade]
(J, K3, Ox)

charadra, = the bed of a stream, a deep gully, rift, ravine;
philios, = loving, friendly, kind.
(LS)

khasma, = a yawning hollow, a chasm, gulf;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(shape of the corolla)
(LS, Le)

cheilos, = a lip;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(referring to the form of the indusium)
(*in this case the spore-cluster)
['The 'indusium' is the membranous shield or scale covering the sorus or fruit-cluster* of a fern.]
(*in this case the spore-cluster)
(LS, Le, Ox, AB)

chēn, = a gander, goose, named from its wide bill;
olea, = an olive.
(allusion unclear)

(LS, BL)

Resembling Chenopodium, weedy herbs from Europe and Asia.
Chenopodium =
chēn, = a gander, goose;
pous, podos, = a foot;
-opsis, = aspect, appearance, hence ‘resemblance’.
(Le, LS, BL)

chēn, = a gander, goose, named from its wide bill;
pous, podos, = a foot;
-ium, characeteristic of.
(shape of the leaves)
(LS, BL, Le)

chion, = snow;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(abundance of white flowers)

(LS, Le)

After Chiron**the physician and botanist; the good Centaur of Greek mythology who studied medicine, astronomy, music, and other arts, and was a skilled herbalist.
(ld, Le)

chondros, = a corn, grain, groat; like groats;
petalos, = spread out, unfolded, broad, flat.
petalon, = a leaf.
(in modern botany, petal)
(LS, BL)

chrysos, = gold;
chrys-, chryso-, = golden-;
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower;
-oides, = like, resembling, having the form or nature of.
(resembling characteristics of CHRYSANTHEMUM)

(LS, BL, Le)

chrysos, = gold;
chrys-, chryso-, = golden-;
thrix, = the hair both of man and beast; sheep’s wool.
(LS, BL)

chrysos, = gold;
chrys-, chryso-, = golden-;
come, = the hair; the foliage, leaves of trees.
coma, = the hair of the head.
(tuft of hair)
(terminal heads of golden hair)
(LS, BL, ld, Le)

cinis, cineris, = ashes;
-arius, = indicates connexion or possession.
cinerarius, = pertaining to ashes.
(leaf colour of first described species)
(ld, BL, Le)

cirsion, κίρσίον, = a kind of thistle.
(ld)

kissos, = ivy;
ampelos, = a vine.
(rambling habit and fruit resembling bunches of grapes)
(LS, Le)

clasma-, = that which is broken off, a fragment, piece, morsel;
coleos, = a sheath or scabbard of a sword.
(perianth and breaks off easily)
(LS, Cl)

kleros, = a lot; chance.
-etum, = place dominated by a given plant.
(a lot: twigs, potsherds, or even a clod of earth was used for the purpose. In Homer each hero marks his own lot, and they are thrown into a helmet; the first which came out was the winning lot.)
(grows in disturbed sites)
(LS, BL, Le)

kleros, = a lot; a casting lots, drawing lots;
dendron, = a tree.
(The Ceylonese ‘chance-tree’; alludes to a native legend that the trees possessed medicinal properties, and also to the uncertainty of the medicinal properties of the different species)

(LS, Cl)

After George Clifford (1685-1760),** a rich Anglo-Dutch financier and a Director of the Dutch East India Company who was also a keen horticulturist.
(Ch)

For Outgers or Outgaerts Cluyt, M.D. (Angerius Clutius; Theodorus Augerius Clutius) (1577-1636),** Dutch botanist, apothecary, author of a botanical work in 1634, horticulturist, plant collector and close friend of botany professor and Curator of the Leyden Botanical Garden Charles l'Ecluse (better known as Carolus Clusius).
(Ch)

codon, = a bell;
rhiza, = root.

(LS)

Colchis, = a province in Asis, east of the Black Sea, celebrated on account of the golden fleece and Medea;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’.
colchicon, = meadow-saffron.
colchicum, = a plant with a poisonous root: C. auctumnale.
The name Colchis had reference to the poisonous arts of the legendary Medea of Colchis**.
(Ox, BL, ld)

koleos, = a sheath or scabbard of a sword;
nema, = that which is spun, thread, yarn, the thread of a spider’s web.
(infertile stamens which are included in a sheath along the inside of the petals)
(LS, Le)

colpos, = the lap or fold formed by a loose garment; any lap or hollow.
colpoo, коλπόω, = to form into a lap or fold: to make a sail belly or swell.
(LS)

For Jan or Johan Commelin (1629-1692), his nephew Caspar Commelin (1667/1668-1731),** and possibly his son Caspar as well,all Dutch botanists.
(Ch)

conos, = a pine-cone, a fir-cone;
-icus, = indicates ‘belonging to’;
(cone-shaped)
-osus, = indicates abundance or full or marked development.
(shape of the capsule)
(LS, BL, Le)

convolvo, = to roll together, roll up, roll round; to fasten together, interweave, interlace;
-ulus, = diminutive.
convolvulus, = a plant, bind-weed.
(rolled up)

(ld, BL)

konyza, = a fleabane.
(plant believed to drive away gnats - a flea-bane)
(LS, Le)

coronos, = a crow or raven;
pous, podos, = a foot.
coronopus, = crow-foot; Plantago coronopus, buckshorn-plantain.
(shape of the leaf)
(LS, ld, Le)

corrigo, conrigo, conrexi, = to make straight, set right, bring into order;
-olus, = diminutive.
(ld, BL)

korys, = a helmet, helm, casque;
-ius, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(refers to the helmet shape of the hood formed by the fusion of the median sepal and the lateral petals)
(LS, BL, Co)

corymbos, = a cluster of the ivy flower; generally, a cluster of fruit or flowers;
-ius, = means ‘characteristic of’, hence indicates connection or resemblance.
(inflorescence is a corymb)
(LS, BL, Le)

cotule,= a small cup or vessel.
cotulis, = a small cup.
(small cup, anything hollow)
(LS, BL)

cotule,= a small cup or vessel.
cotulis, = a small cup.
(small cup, anything hollow)
cotyledon, = a cup shaped cavity (also the sucker of an octopus).
(leaf shape of some species)
(referring to the base rosette of leaves often being cup-like)
(LS, BL, Ox, Le, M)

crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.;
othone, = a sheet, linen, cloth.
(Ancient Greek name, probably from othonne, linen, cloth; probably the soft texture of the leaves of some species)
(ld, LS, Le)

crassus, = solid, thick, dense, fat, gross, etc.;
-ula, = diminutive.
(fleshy leaves)
(ld, BL, Le)

cryptos, = hidden, secret;
caryon, = the nut.
(fruit enclosed in an enlarged receptacle)
(LS, Le)

For the Rev. Sir John Cullum (1733-1785),** British botanist, geneologist, antiquarian and scholar, fellow of the Royal Society, and his brother Thomas Gery Cullum (1741-1831),** a medical practitioner and surgeon, member of the Royal and Linnaean Societies.
(Ch)

For Jan Christiaan Cuno, (1708 - 1780),** German naturalist who published a book of verse about his garden in which many exotic plants were growing.
(Ch)

curio, curiosus, = meaning perhaps alluding to its peculiar morphology.
curio, = (a humourously-formed word, corresp. with curiosus), wasted by sorrow, lean, emaciated
curiosus, = enquiring eagery about a thing, inquiring into; curious, inquisitive;
The genus Curio was named by P.V. Heath in 1997 to accommodate those species (about 15) with elongated, succulent leaves and of which the flowers are lacking ray florets.
curio, = an abbreviation of a ‘curiosity’ (Latin curiositatem from curiosus)
kureo, = to light upon, find by chance, hit upon, win.
(ld, PSA, Ox, LS)

For William Curtis (1746-1799),** nurseryman, entomologist, and founder of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, first published in 1786 and still going today. He was demonstrator of plants and Praefectus Horti at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1771 to 1777 and then established his own London Botanic Garden at Lambeth in 1779.
(Ch)

cuscuta, = Latin for dodder; derived from Arabic.
(Le)

For Pierre Cusson (1727-1783),** French physician, botanist, mathematician and professor at the University of Montpellier, an authority on the carrot family.
(Ch)

cyaneos, = dark blue: generally dark, dusky, murky;
-ella, = diminutive.
(LS, BL)

cyathos, = a cup; a cupping-glass;
(ladle, cup)
-eus, = indicates material or colour or resemblance in quality.
(referring to the shape of sori – the spore-bearing sacs on the surface of the fern leaf)
(LS, BL, Le, K3)

cyathos, = a cup; a cupping-glass;
(ladle, cup)
come, = the hair; the foliage, leaves of trees.
coma, = the hair of the head.
(tuft of hair)
(LS, BL, Ws)

cyclos, = a ring, round, circle;
(circular)
ops (ώψ), = the eye, face, countenance.
Cyclops (κυκλώψ), = a Cyclops,** i.e. Round-eye.
cyclopoieo (κυκλοποίέω), = to make into a circle, form like a circle.
(circular base of the calyx)
(LS, BL, Le)

cymba, = a boat, skiff; (the boat of Charon which transported the dead;
pogon, = the beard.
(boat-shaped floral parts)
(ld, LS, Le)

kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach);
agcho, agchone, = to strangle, throttle;
-um, = indicates possibility or result of action.
(toxicity of some species)
(LS, BL, Le)

kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach);
odon, ontos, odons, = a tooth.
(sheathed tips of creeping rhizomes)
(LS, Le)

kuon, = a dog (as a word of reproach);
-urus, = -tailed, i.e. with an elongated or tail-like appendage.
Kuonosoura, = dog’s tail; Ursa Minor.
(LS, BL, Ox, K3)

kupeiron, kupeiros, = a marsh-plant.
(a rush or sedge)
(LS, Le)

cyphos, = bent or bowed forwards, stooping.
(some species are twiners)
(LS, Le)

cyrtos, = curved, bent, arched; (convex)
anthos, = a flower, the bloom of a flower.
(curved flower tube)
(LS, Le)

cyrtos, = curved, bent, arched; (convex)
-ium, = ‘characteristic of’.
(LS, BL)

cystis, = the bladder; generally a bag, pouch;
capnos, = smoke.
(greyish bladder-like capsules)
(LS, Le)

kytos, = the body, the skin;
-inus, = indicates material or colour, resemblance or possession.
cutin, cutos, = the hyaline substance which forms the cuticle or cellular layers of plants;
kytinos, = flower of the pomegranate.
(resemblance of the flowers)
(LS, BL, Ox, Le)