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Botanical names
The two statements below seem to be in conflict to me. Does anyone have a
favorite site for tracking down the origins of Botanical names? Thanks , John The genus name Hypericum means "above a picture", referring to the fact that in some ancient cultures, it was hung above pictures to ward off evil spirits. .... www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ Clusiaceae/Hypericum_calycinum.html - 9k - Jul 12, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages Hypericum - HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Presented ... The word Hypericum means "sub-heather" (?p? and ??e???), indicating its manifest relation to the heaths, which at once leads us to think of Ledum. ... www.homeoint.org/illustr/h/hyper.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages |
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I always check Liberty Hyde Bailey's, Manual of Cultivated Plants
(Macmillan). He says Hypericum has "obscure meaning." You can also try searching for: hypericum etymology The following webpage favors the first derivation of "above a picture" and says Linneaus favored that meaning. http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=915 David R. Hershey |
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Like Freud would say: Sometimes a name is just a name!
Don't try to read too much into it. "John & / or Maryln" wrote in message ... The two statements below seem to be in conflict to me. Does anyone have a favorite site for tracking down the origins of Botanical names? Thanks , John The genus name Hypericum means "above a picture", referring to the fact that in some ancient cultures, it was hung above pictures to ward off evil spirits. ... www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ Clusiaceae/Hypericum_calycinum.html - 9k - Jul 12, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages Hypericum - HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Presented ... The word Hypericum means "sub-heather" (?p? and ??e???), indicating its manifest relation to the heaths, which at once leads us to think of Ledum. ... www.homeoint.org/illustr/h/hyper.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages |
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"John & / or Maryln" wrote in
: The two statements below seem to be in conflict to me. Does anyone have a favorite site for tracking down the origins of Botanical names? Thanks , John The genus name Hypericum means "above a picture", referring to the fact that in some ancient cultures, it was hung above pictures to ward off evil spirits. ... www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ Clusiaceae/Hypericum_calycinum.html - 9k - Jul 12, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages Hypericum - HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Presented ... The word Hypericum means "sub-heather" (?p? and ??e???), indicating its manifest relation to the heaths, which at once leads us to think of Ledum. ... www.homeoint.org/illustr/h/hyper.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages I wouldn't trust a homeopathic reference to be accurate, and the formation of the word doesn't make sense, wouldn't below-heather come out to hypoerica? Most of the Hypericums that I have seen tend to be a bit taller than heath anyway. This page: http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=915 indicates that the genus was named by Linnaeus, who used a classical name, meaning that he didn't create a new name for the plant, he used an old Greek name. He preferred to use classical Greek or Latin names when he could. Apparently he mentioned his suspicions in the work he described the plant in. I would use that authority before the other. Sean |
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"Sean Houtman" wrote in message news:1121572330.1f805d9a6f819696bfe384218e9fc54e@t eranews... "John & / or Maryln" wrote in : The two statements below seem to be in conflict to me. Does anyone have a favorite site for tracking down the origins of Botanical names? Thanks , John The genus name Hypericum means "above a picture", referring to the fact that in some ancient cultures, it was hung above pictures to ward off evil spirits. ... www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/ Clusiaceae/Hypericum_calycinum.html - 9k - Jul 12, 2005 - Cached - Similar pages Hypericum - HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES: AN ILLUSTRATED GUIDE Presented ... The word Hypericum means "sub-heather" (?p? and ??e???), indicating its manifest relation to the heaths, which at once leads us to think of Ledum. ... www.homeoint.org/illustr/h/hyper.htm - 5k - Cached - Similar pages I wouldn't trust a homeopathic reference to be accurate, and the formation of the word doesn't make sense, wouldn't below-heather come out to hypoerica? Most of the Hypericums that I have seen tend to be a bit taller than heath anyway. This page: http://www.healthy.net/scr/article.asp?ID=915 indicates that the genus was named by Linnaeus, who used a classical name, meaning that he didn't create a new name for the plant, he used an old Greek name. He preferred to use classical Greek or Latin names when he could. Apparently he mentioned his suspicions in the work he described the plant in. I would use that authority before the other. Sean Thank you all, John |
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