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Hosta New Latin, after Nicolaus Thomas Host 1761-1834 Austrian botanist and physician to Emperor<br />

Frances II<br />

Hostes alienigeni me abduxerunt. Qui annus est? I was kidnapped by aliens. What year is it?<br />

hosti- Latin an enemy<br />

hostiana<br />

hostilis -is -e hostile, strange, antagonistic.<br />

houghtoniana in reference to Carex houghtoniana, in some texts, this is “incorrectly corrected” to C.<br />

houghtonii. According to Voss, this sedge is named after Douglass Houghton (1809-1845), who discovered<br />

the sedge on Friday the 13th, July (1832), on sandy jack pine ridges near Lake Itasca, shortly before he and<br />

Henry Rowe Schoolcraft first visited that lake, the source of the Mississippi River.<br />

houghtonii<br />

Houstonia New Latin, honoring Dr. William Houston died 1733 Scottish (English) botanist who collected in<br />

tropical America, friend and correspondent of Miller, and New Latin -ia. (Rubiaceae)<br />

howei<br />

howellii how'ellii (HOW-ell-ee-eye)<br />

hubbyi hub'byi (HUB-ee-eye)<br />

Hudsonia New Latin, from William Hudson, died 1793, English botanist, and author of Flora Anglica, and<br />

New Latin -ia. (Cistaceae)<br />

hudsonianum<br />

hudsonicus -a -um from near the Hudson River, New York.<br />

hugonis -is -e named for Father Hugh (1851-1928), Irish missionary in China for many years<br />

hulêeis Greek, woody, wooded, dwelling in the woods<br />

Hulsea Hul'sea (HUL-see-a) for Gilbert White Hulse (1807–1883), physician and plant collector.<br />

Hulteniella for Eric Hultén (1894–1981), Swedish botanist, specialist of the circumpolar flora, and -ella,<br />

Latin feminine diminutive suffix.<br />

hum-, huma-t, humi- Latin earth, ground; bury<br />

human Latin of a man<br />

humer-, humero-, humerus Latin the shoulder<br />

humesc- Latin grow moist<br />

humi- Latin ground, earth<br />

humid-, humidi- Latin moist; moisture<br />

humifusus -a -um humifu'sus (hew-mi-FEW-sus, or hum-i-FEW-sus) sprawling on the ground, low growing,<br />

creeping on the surface of the ground.<br />

humil-, humili- Latin low, dwarf<br />

humilis -is -e humil'is (HEW-mil-is) low growing, of low growth, dwarf, from Latin humilis, humble;<br />

submissive; on or near the ground, low, shallow.<br />

humilifolius -a -um hop-leaved, <strong>with</strong> leaves like Humulus, hop<br />

humistratus -a -um humistra'tus (hew-mis-TRAY-tus) prostate, lying flat on the ground.<br />

humor Latin moist; a fluid<br />

humul, humulus Latin the hop plant<br />

Humulus (HUM-ew-lus) from the Old German name humela, from Latin humulus, applied to hop plant<br />

hungaricus Hungarian, of Hungarian origin.<br />

hupehensis of or from Hubei province, China<br />

Huperzia For Johann Peter Hupzeria (1816), a 19 th century German botanist and fern horticulturist????<br />

huronensis<br />

husboldtii hus'boldtii (HUS-bolt-ee-eye)<br />

Hutchinsia Hutchin'sia (hutch-IN-see-a)<br />

hutchinsifo'lius -a -um hutchinsifo'lius (hutch-in-si-FO-lee-us)<br />

hy Greek U-shaped, Y-shaped<br />

hy-, hyaen, hyen, hyo Greek a pig, hog<br />

hyacinthiflorus <strong>with</strong> flowers like Hyacinth.<br />

hyacinthinus -a -um hyacin'thinus (hi-a-SIN-thin-us) hyacinth-like, of or belonging to the hyacinth, like or<br />

resembling Hyacinthus; deep purplish-blue, from hyacinthus, hyacinth, from Hyacinthos, pre-Greek name in<br />

mythology, and -inos, -ινος, Greek adjectival suffix, Latinized as inus, indicating material or color, hence<br />

possession or resemblance<br />

Hyacinthoides like Hyacinthus, from genus Hyacinthus and Greek -oides, resembling

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