Species within a genus
Named after Dr Johan Moraeus,** and not Robert More, squire of Shrewsbury in the 18th century.
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(Ch)
Delta, = a name for the islands formed at the mouths of large rivers, especially the Nile, so called from their shape;
delta, = triangle; (the fourth letter in the Greek alphabet ‘Δ’);
-oideus, = indicates resemblance.
(deltoid; a solid, the transverse section of which has a triangular outline, like the Greek ‘Δ’)
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(LS, BL)
For John Ker-Gawler (later Bellenden Ker) (1764-1842).**
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(Ch)
For Dr Gwendoline Joyce Lewis (1909 -1967).**
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(Ch)
neglego, neglectum, = to not heed, not trouble oneself about, not attend to, to slight, neglect, be regardless of, indifferent to.
neglectus, = neglected, slighted, disregarded, despised.
(neglected)
(a neglected plant – considering that it was quite common; it was overlooked and only named comparatively recently)
(ld, BL, LB)
(ld, BL, LB)