Meaning: Named for Yoshitaba Yabe, 20th century Japanese botanist
Latin Pronunciation: YAB-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for Vernal Yadon, former Director of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in California (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: yad-ON-ee-eye

Meaning: Of or from the island of Yakushima, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-in-soo-LAIR-iss

Meaning: Of or from the island of Yakushima, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-in-soo-LAIR-ee

Meaning: Of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan; also spelled yakusimana
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-shim-MAY-nuh

Meaning: From the aboriginal name for this plant
Latin Pronunciation: YAK-kir-uh

Meaning: Of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan; also spelled yakusimanum
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-shim-MAY-num

Meaning: Of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-sim-MAY-num

Meaning: Of or from the Yamato province of Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yam-a-TEN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-sim-MAY-nus

Meaning: Of or from the Yamato province of Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yam-a-TEN-see

Meaning: Of or from Tokyo
Latin Pronunciation: YED-oh-en-see

Latin Pronunciation: yed-oh-en-siss
Meaning: from Yeddo (Japan).

Meaning: Possibly from Yamparaez (Chuquisaca), Bolivia
Latin Pronunciation: yam-par-AY-zee-eye

Meaning: Of or from Yerbalito, Uruguay
Latin Pronunciation: yer-ba-lee-to-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Yemen, a country bordering Saudi Arabia
Latin Pronunciation: yem-en-EN-sis

Meaning: From the mountains of Hokkaido, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yez-oh-AL-pin-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:yez-oh-al-PINE-uh

Meaning: From the mountains of Hokkaido, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yez-oh-AL-pin-um
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:yez-oh-al-PINE-um

Meaning: Of or from Yakushima, an island in southern Japan
Latin Pronunciation: ya-koo-sim-MAY-nuh

Meaning: From the mountains of Hokkaido, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yez-oh-AL-pin-us
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:yez-oh-al-PINE-us

Latin Pronunciation: yod - og - gay - vus
Meaning: from Yodogowa (Japan).

Meaning: Of or from Hokkaido, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yez-oh-EN-sis

Meaning: Of or from Hokkaido, Japan
Latin Pronunciation: yez-oh-EN-see

Meaning: Named for Barry Yinger, 21st century plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: ying-ER-ee-eye

Meaning: Possibly named for Edward Young, 17th century poet and dramatist or Thomas Young, 19th century physicist and Egyptologist
Latin Pronunciation: YOUNG-ee-a

Meaning: Named for Maurice Young, 19th century nurseryman at Epsom
Latin Pronunciation: YUNG-ee-eye

Meaning: From the Greek ypsilo (Y-shaped) and -pus (a suffix for foot)
Latin Pronunciation: oop-see-LOH-pus

Meaning: Of or from the Yosemite Valley (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: yo-sem-ih-TEN-see

Meaning: Of or from the Yosemite Valley (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: yo-sem-ih-TEN-sis

Meaning: From the Greek ypsilo (Y-shaped) and andros (anthers)
Latin Pronunciation: oop-see-LAN-druh

advance growth (syn. young growth)

Seedlings and saplings appearing under the canopy ready to fill in forest openings made available by the death of a mature tree from logging, lightning kills, etc.

Meaning: Of or from the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico)
Latin Pronunciation: yoo-kah-TAH-nuh

Meaning: From the South American word yucarat?n (a plant that kills mice)
Latin Pronunciation: yoo-kar-uh-TOH-nee-uh

Meaning: Yucca-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: yuk-uh-FOH-lee-us

Meaning: From the Caribbean name for a totally different plant
Latin Pronunciation: YUK-uh

Meaning: Yucca-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: yuk-uh-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Resembles Yucca
Latin Pronunciation: yuk-KOY-deez

Meaning: Yucca-like leaves
Latin Pronunciation: yuk-uh-FOH-lee-uh

Meaning: Yucca-leaved
Latin Pronunciation: yuk-ki-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Of or from Yunnan, China
Latin Pronunciation: yoo-nan-EN-see

Meaning: From Yungning Szechwan, China
Latin Pronunciation: yung-ning-EN-see

Meaning: From Yungning Szechwan, China
Latin Pronunciation: yung-ning-EN-sis

Latin Pronunciation: yew-nan-nen-siss
Meaning: from Yunnan (China).

Meaning: Of or from Yutaje, Venezuela, the only place in the world the plant has been found
Latin Pronunciation: yoo-tuh-HEY-uh

Meaning: Of or from Yushan (Taiwan), where this bamboo was first found
Latin Pronunciation: yoo-SHAY-nee-uh

Meaning: Named for M.A. Saint-Yves, a French agrostologist
Latin Pronunciation: EEVZ-ee-uh