| Name |
Pronunciation |
Meaning |
| crassirhizoma | kras-ih-ry-ZO-muh | Thick rhizome |
| crispifolia | kriss-pih-FOH-lee-uh | Wavy foliage |
| cystolepidota | sis-toh-lep-pid-OH-tuh | Pouched scales |
| dickinsii | dik-IN-see-eye | Named for 20th century author Frederick V. Dickins |
| gamblei | GAM-blee-eye | Named for 20th century English botanist James Sykes Gamble |
| indusiata | in-doo-zee-AY-tuh | Possessing indusium (net-like or skirt-like shape); refers to the membranous overgrowth covering the sori in ferns |
| juxtaposita | jux-tuh-POZ-ee-tuh | Close together |
| koidzumiana | koyd-zum-ee-AY-nuh | Named for 20th century Japanese botanist Gen'ichi Koidzumi |
| koidzumii | koyd-ZUM-ee-eye | Named for 20th century Japanese botanist Gen'ichi Koidzumi |
| kuratae | koo-RAH-tay | Named for 20th century Japanese botanist Satoru Kurata |
| lepidopoda | lep-id-oh-POH-duh | Scaly feet |
| mindshelkensis | mind-shel-KEN-sis | Named for a district in the Karatau mountains of southern Kazakhstan in central Asia |
| muenchii | MEWNK-ee-eye | Named for 20th century German plant physiologist Ernst Münch |
| namegatae | nam-ee-GAH-tay | Named for the Namegata region of Japan |
| oreades | or-ee-AY-deez | From the Latin word meaning mountain |
| pseudofilix-mas | soo-do-FY-liks mas | False male fern. Sometimes spelled pseudo filix-mas |
| pseudo filix-mas | soo-do-FY-liks mas | False male fern. Sometimes spelled pseudofilix-mas |
| pycnopteroides | pik-nop-ter-OY-deez | Close winged |
| sacrosancta | sak-roh-SANK-tuh | Of holy places |
| sacrosanctum | sak-roh-SANK-tum | Of holy places |
| sacrosanctus | sak-roh-SANK-tus | Of holy places |
| stenolepis | sten-oh-LEP-is | Narrow scaled |
| yigongensis | yig-on-GEN-sis | Of or from Yigong, China |
| aitoniana | ay-ton-ee-AY-nuh | Named for William Aiton, 18th century Scottish horticulturist and botanist |
| ardechensis | ar-deh-KEN-sis | Arom the Ardèche region of France |
| fuscipes | FUS-kih-peez | Dark footed |
| guanchica | gwan-CHEE-kuh | Diminutive of Guanches, the name given to the early people of the Canary Islands |
| x cardiaca | kar-dee-AH-kuh | Hybrid. From the Greek kardia (heart), referring to its medicinal use |
| x alato-caerulea | a-LAY-to see-ROO-lee-uh | Hybrid. A cross between alato (winged) and caerulea (dark blue); also spelled without the hyphen as alatocaerulea |
| x latiloba | lat-ee-LOH-ba | Hybrid. Means wide (wider) lobes |
| x blanda | BLAN-duh | Hybrid. Means pleasant, mild |
| x greggii | GREG-ee-eye | Hybrid. Named for Josiah Gregg, 19th century frontier trader and author |
| x kobus | KOE-bus | Hybrid. From the Japanese name for this species of Magnolia |
| x martinii | mar-TIN-ee-eye | Hybrid. Named for Raymond Martin, 19th century American cactus collector |
| x spachianus | spak-ee-AY-nus | Hybrid. Named for Edouard Spach,19th century Alsatian (French) botanist |
| x dentata | den-TAY-tuh | Hybrid. Means toothed |
| x ferdinand-regis | ferd-in-NAN-dee REE-jiss | Hybrid. Named for King Ferdinand |
| x neopolitana | nee-uh-pol-ih-TAY-nuh | Hybrid. Of or from Naples |
| x citriodorus | sit-ree-oh-DOR-us | Hybrid. Lemon-scented |
| x daubeniana | dow-ben-ee-AY-nuh | Hybrid alternate spelling for x daubenyana. Named for Charles Daubeny, 19th century professor of botany at Oxford University |
| x callianthus | kal-lee-ANTH-us | Hybrid. Beautifully flowered |
| x asperum | ASS-per-um | Hybrid meaning rough. |
| x lewisii | lew-ISS-ee-eye | Hybrid. Named for Capt. Merriweather Lewis, who - with William Clark - made the first transcontinental expedition across America (1804-1806) |
| x chrysanthus | kris-ANTH-us | Hybrid meaning golden flower |
| x zonale | zo-NAY-lee | Hybrid meaning banded or girdled with a distinct color |
| x acutiflora | ak-yoo-tih-FLOR-uh | Hybrid meaning pointed flowers |
| x vernalis | ver-NAH-liss | Hybrid meaning spring flowering |
| X Butyagrus | bew-tee-AG-rus | An intergeneric cross between Butia and Syagrus palms |
| x schottii | SHOT-ee-eye | Hybrid. Named for Arthur Carl Victor Schott, 19th century German-born naturalist on the Mexican boundary survey |
| x geum | JEE-um | Hybrid name derived from an ancient latin name |
| X Chionoscilla | kye-oh-no-SIL-uh | Intergeneric hybrid between Scilla and Chionodoxa |
| x paradisiaca | par-uh-DIS-ee-uh-ka | Hybrid. Referring to gardens, parks, paradise |
| griffithsii | GRIF-ith-see-eye | For 20th century British born, American horticulturist Dr. David Griffiths |
