N with malus towards none - Genesis Nursery

wheeleri wheel'eri (WHEEL-er-eye) after George Montague Wheeler (1842-1905), born in Massachusetts and
graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1866, Lt. and member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
director of U.S. Army surveys of the western U.S, 1869-1879.
wherryi for Edgar Wherry (1885-1982), American scientest. Tiarella wherryi.
whipplei whip'plei (WHIP-lee-eye)
whitneyi whit'neyi (WHIT-nee-eye)
whittallii for Edward Whittall (1851-1917), British Consul and merchant in Turkey, an amatuer botanist and
plant collector. Fritillaria whittallii.
wigandioides resembling Caraccas Bigleaf, Wigandia.
wigginsii wigg'insii (WIG-in-see-eye)
wilcoxiana
wilcoxii wilcox'ii (wil-KOX-ee-eye)
wilderae wild'erae (WILD-er-ee)
Wilhelmsia possibly for Christian Wilhelms, fl. 1819-1837, plant collector in the Caucasus
willdenowii willdeno'vii (wil-den-OH-vee-eye) for Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765-1812), German botanist,
director of the Berlin Botanical Garden, and publisher of many of Muehlenberg’s new species.
williamsii for one of several botanists and plant collectors, including John Williams (1915-1991), British botanist.
Camellia X williamsii.
willmottianus, willmottianum for Ellen Willmott (1858-1934), amatuer plantswoman and creator of the
extravagent garden at Warley Place, Essex, UK. Cerastostigma willmottianum.
wilsonianus, wilsonii for Ernest Henry “Chinese” Wilson (1876-1930), originally a plant collector in China
for Veitch & sons, later keeper of the Arnold Arboreteum in Massachusetts. Iris wilsonii.
Windspiel German cv. windplay
Wintermärchen German cv. winter fairy tales
wisconinensis of or from Wisconsin
‘Wisconsin’ Juniperus horizontalis 'Wisconsin' low spreader with deep green summer color and
purple blue winter color, forms dense ground cover 6-8” high, soft texture. Selected by Prof. Ed R. Hasselkus,
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
wisleyensis for the Royal Hoticultural Society’s garden at Wisley, Surrey. Gaultheria X wisleyensis.
wislizenii wislizen'ii (wis-liz-EN-ee-eye)
Wisteria Wister'ia (wis-TEER-ee-a, or wis-TE-ree-a) named in 1818 by Thomas Nuttall in honor of Dr. Casper
Wistar (1761-1818), a University of Pennsylvania professor of anatomy and distingiushed botanist. (Leguminosae)
wisteriana
Wolffia New Latin, from Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778-1806), German physician and botanist, and New Latin -ia
Wolffiella New Latin, from Johann Friedrich Wolff (1778-1806), German physician and botanist, and -ella, Latin
feminine diminutive suffix.
wolfgangiana variety named for it’s discoverer Friedrich Wolfgang, 19th century botanist.
wolfii wolf'ii (WOLF-ee-eye) for Dr. Carl Brandt Wolf (1905-1974), California botanist at Rancho Santa Ana
Botanic Gardens, authority on oaks and cypresses.
wolfsbane from Old English wulf , and Old English bana, slayer, murderer, from Proto-Germanic *banon; a
translation of Latin lycoctonum, from Greek lykotonon, from lykos wolf, and base of kteinein, to kill. The
poisonous herb Aconitum lycoctonum 1548.
wolgaricus of the Volga (Wolga) River region in Russia.
woodii for William A. Wood, a physician, one of the discoverers of Carex Woodii, or Alphonso W. Wood (1810-
1881.
Woodsia, woodsii Woods'ia (WOODS-ee-a) woods'ii (WOODS-ee-eye) New Latin, from Joseph Woods (1776-
1864), English botanist, author, and architect, and New Latin -ia.
Woodsiaceae Woodsia'ceae (woods-ee-AY-see-ee), from the genus name, Woodsia, and -aceae, the standardized
Latin suffix of plant family names.
Woodwardia Woodwar'dia (wood-WAR-dee-a) New Latin, from Thomas Jenkin Woodward 1754? - 1820
English botanist and New Latin –ia.
wormskioldii wormskiold'ii (worm-skee-OLD-ee-eye)
wrangelianus -a -um wrangelian'us (ran-gel-ee-AY-nus)
wrightii wright'ii (RITE-ee-eye)