Dictionary of Specific Epithets beginning with P
P
- pachy-
-
prefix meaning "thick"
- pallida
-
pale
- pallidum
-
pale
- palmatum
-
hand like
- palmatus
-
hand like
- paludosa
-
marshy
- paludosus
-
marshy
- parvi-
-
prefix meaning "small"
- patens
-
spreading
- patula
-
spreading
- pauci-
-
prefix meaning "few"
- pauciramosa
-
few branches
- pauciramosum
-
few branches
- pavoninus
-
blue or having an eye
- pectinata
-
comb like
- pectinatum
-
comb like
- pedata
-
(bird's) foot like
- pedatifida
-
divided like a (bird's) foot
- pedatisecta
-
divided like a (bird's) foot
- pedatus
-
(bird's) foot like
- peduncularis
-
with a flower stalk
- pedunculatus
-
with a flower stalk
- peltata
-
shield-like
- pelviformis
-
bowl-shaped
- pendulina
-
hanging,pendulous
- pendulinus
-
hanging,pendulous
- pennata
-
feathered
- pennatum
-
feathered
- peregrina
-
foreign
- peregrinum
-
foreign
- perfoliata
-
leaves joined around stem
- perfoliatum
-
leaves joined around stem
- petasites
-
hat like
- petasitis
-
hat like
- petiolaris
-
with petioles (leaf stalks)
- petiolata
-
with petioles (leaf stalks)
- petiolatus
-
with petioles (leaf stalks)
- petraea
-
growing with rocks
- petraeus
-
growing with rocks
- petrophila
-
rock-loving
- petrophilum
-
rock-loving
- petrosum
-
growing in very rocky conditions
- petrosus
-
growing in very rocky conditions
- phaea
-
dusky, gray
- phaeum
-
dusky, gray
- phalaenopses
-
moth-like
- phalaenopsis
-
moth-like
- phyllo-
-
prefix meaning "leaf" or "leafy"
- picta-
-
prefixes meaning "painted", "embroidered"
- picto-
-
prefixes meaning "painted", "embroidered"
- pictu-
-
prefixes meaning "painted", "embroidered"
- pileata
-
capped
- pileatus
-
capped
- pilo-
-
prefix meaning "hairy"
- pinnatisectus
-
pinnately divided
- pinnatus
-
pinnately divided
- plani-
-
flat
- plano-
-
flat
- plantaginea
-
like a plantain
- platy-
-
prefix meaning "wide", "broad"
- plena
-
double
- pleni-
-
prefix meaning "filled, full, abundant"
- plenum
-
double
- plumbea
-
colored like lead
- plumbeus
-
colored like lead
- plumeus
-
downy, feathery
- plumosus
-
downy, feathery
- pluri-
-
prefix meaning "more"
- podo-
-
prefix meaning "foot, footed"
- poly-
-
prefix meaning "many"
- porphyrea
-
dark purplish-red
- porphyria
-
dark purplish-red
- porphyrius
-
dark purplish-red
- praecocis
-
early-ripening
- praecox
-
early-ripening
- pratense
-
in meadows
- pratensis
-
in meadows
- princeps
-
distinguished
- principe
-
distinguished
- procumbens
-
prostrate
- procurrens
-
spreading
- ptarmica
-
causes sneezing
- ptarmicus
-
causes sneezing
- pube-
-
prefixes meaning "hair, hairy"
- pubi-
-
prefixes meaning "hair, hairy"
- pulcher
-
pretty, beautiful
- pulchra
-
pretty, beautiful
- pulla
-
dark
- pullus
-
dark
- pulverea
-
dusty
- pulvereum
-
dusty
- pulverulenta
-
powdery
- pulverulentus
-
powdery
- pulvinaris
-
cushion like
- pulvinata
-
cushion like
- pulvinatus
-
cushion like
- pumila
-
dwarf
- pumilio
-
dwarf
- punctata
-
spotted
- punctatum
-
spotted
- pungens
-
spiny, pungent
- pusilla
-
very small
- pusillus
-
very small
- pycna-
-
prefix meaning "dense"
- pycno-
-
prefix meaning "dense"
- pygmaea
-
dwarf
- pygmaeus
-
dwarf