Meaning: Hybrid, named for Montagu Charles Allwood, early 20th century Sussex nurseryman
Latin Pronunciation: all-WOOD-ee-eye

Meaning: Interspecific hybrid of Aster alpina and A. amellus
Latin Pronunciation: al-PEL-lus

Meaning: Hybrid, the name means having leaves like an Acer (Maple genus)
Latin Pronunciation: ay-ser-ih-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: A combination of Amaryllis (sparkling) and Crinum (krinon, meaning lily)
Latin Pronunciation: am-ar-KREE-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:am-ar-KRY-num

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning delightful
Latin Pronunciation: am-oh-EN-uh

Meaning: Hybrid strawberry; the name alludes to the fact the fruit smells like pineapple (Ananas genus)
Latin Pronunciation: a-NAN-ass-uh

Meaning: Named for Dr. Charles Lewis Anderson, 19th century surgeon and botanist who collected in Nevada (U.S.)
Latin Pronunciation: an-der-soh-nee-AH-na

Meaning: Silver-spot
Latin Pronunciation: ar-jen-tee-oh-guh-TAY-tuh

Meaning: Hybrid meaning abrupt, short point
Latin Pronunciation: uh-pik-yoo-LAY-tuh

Meaning: Named for George Arends, 19th century German nurseryman
Latin Pronunciation: ar-END-see-eye

Meaning: Hybrid meaning silvery
Latin Pronunciation: ar-JEN-tee-us

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of the Astrakhan region, near the Caspian Sea
Latin Pronunciation: as-tra-KAY-nih-kuh

Meaning: Hybrid, named for William Jackson Bean, 20th century dendrologist and curator of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Latin Pronunciation: BEAN-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning sharp toothed
Latin Pronunciation: ar-GOO-ta

Meaning: Hybrid meaning thin or weak
Latin Pronunciation: at-ten-yoo-AY-tuh

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid named by Dr. John Lindley, 19th century British botanist
Latin Pronunciation: be-LOT-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Michael Schuck Bebb, 19th century American specialist on willows
Latin Pronunciation: beb-bee-AH-na

Meaning: Hybrid named for John Carne Bidwill, 19th century English gardener and New Zealand alpine plant enthusiast
Latin Pronunciation: bid-WIL-lee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for George Spencer-Churchill, Marquis of Blandford, 5th Duke of Marlborough, with famous gardens in the 19th century
Latin Pronunciation: bland-ford-ee-AY-num

Meaning: Hybrid meaning beautiful lady
Latin Pronunciation: bel-la-DON-na

Meaning: Hybrid, named for Bodnant Gardens, North Wales
Latin Pronunciation: bod-nan-TEN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:bod-nan-TEN-say

Meaning: Hybrid named for Ovidio Mantalbani, 17th century Italian professor of Astronomy and Mathematics at the University of Bologna; his name was Latinized to Bumaldus
Latin Pronunciation: boo-MAHL-dah

Meaning: Hybrid, named for early 20th century American plant breeder and garden writer Luther Burbank
Latin Pronunciation: bur-BANK-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Samuel Botsford Buckley, 19th century American geologist
Latin Pronunciation: BUCK-lee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, named for Albert Burkwood, early 20th century British hybridizer
Latin Pronunciation: berk-WOOD-ee-eye

Meaning: An intergeneric cross between Butia and Syagrus palms
Latin Pronunciation: bew-tee-AG-rus

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning like Briza (ancient Greek name for this grass, meaning Greek for sleepy or nodding)
Latin Pronunciation: bry-ZOY-deez

Meaning: A hybrid aconitum; the term cammarum is from the Latin and used by by Pliny the Elder to describe a crustacean (lobster, sea crab or crayfish)
Latin Pronunciation: KAM-mar-um

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from Canada
Latin Pronunciation: kan-a-DEN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid relating to Cambridge, England (Latinized to Cantabrigia)
Latin Pronunciation: kan-tuh-brij-ee-EN-see

Meaning: Hybrid relating to Cambridge, England (Latinized to Cantabrigia)
Latin Pronunciation: kan-tuh-brij-ee-EN-sis

Meaning: Interspecific hybrid of carlesii and macrocephalum
Latin Pronunciation: karl-sef-uh-lum

Meaning: Named for Leon C. Chenault, 20th century French nurseryman
Latin Pronunciation: she-NO-ee-eye

Meaning: An intergeneric cross between Catalpa (winged head) and Chilopsis (resembling a lip)
Latin Pronunciation: ky-TAL-puh

Meaning: Hybrid, of or from China
Latin Pronunciation: chi-NEN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning lemon-scented
Latin Pronunciation: sit-ree-oh-DOR-um

Meaning: An intergeneric hybrid between Citrus (Latin name for the genus) and Fortunella (named for Robert Fortune, 19th century Scottish horticulturist and collector in China)
Latin Pronunciation: sit-roh-for-tun-NEL-uh

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid resembling colurna (one of its parents; the epithet is the Latinized form of the vernacular name)
Latin Pronunciation: kol-ur-NOY-deez

Meaning: Hybrid created in 1930 in West Clandon, England
Latin Pronunciation: klan-don-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid having flowers like Crocosmia (saffron smell)
Latin Pronunciation: kroh-koz-mee-eye-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Intergeneric hybrid of Billbergia and Cryptanthus
Latin Pronunciation: kript-BER-jee-uh

Meaning: An intergeneric cross between Cupressus macrocarpa and Chamaecyparis nootkatensis (now Cupressus nootkatensis)
Latin Pronunciation: koo-press-so-SIP-ar-iss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:koo-press-so-SY-par-iss

Meaning: Hybrid meaning cultivated; of cultivated land, gardens or plantations
Latin Pronunciation: kul-TOR-um

Meaning: Hybrid; possibly named for Dalmas or Dalmasi
Latin Pronunciation: dal-may-see-AH-nuh

Meaning: Of or from Darley Dale, Derbyshire, UK
Latin Pronunciation: dar-lee-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid named for Charles Daubeny, 19th century professor of botany at Oxford University
Latin Pronunciation: dow-ben-YA-na

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning sharp-pointed
Latin Pronunciation: kus-pid-AY-ta

Meaning: Hybrid named for Alire Raffeneau-Delile, 19th century French botanist
Latin Pronunciation: de-lee-lay-AH-nus

Meaning: Hybrid named for Joseph Decaisne, 19th century Belgian-born French botanist, horticulturist, and director of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
Latin Pronunciation: de-kane-ee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from the house (domesticated)
Latin Pronunciation: doh-MESS-ti-KAY-ta

Meaning: Of or from the house
Alternative Meaning:Cultivated, domesticated
Latin Pronunciation: dom-ess-tee-kum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:dom-ess-tee-kum

Meaning: Hybrid named after Mr. Doorenbos who developed the plant in the Netherlands
Latin Pronunciation: door-en-BOH-see-eye

Meaning: Hybrid meaning most elegant
Latin Pronunciation: el-ee-gan-TISS-ee-muh

Meaning: Hybrid meaning ebony-like
Latin Pronunciation: eb-en-OY-deez

Meaning: Hybrid meaning nice green
Latin Pronunciation: YOO-klor-uh

Meaning: Hybrid meaning of or from Exeter, England
Latin Pronunciation: eks-oh-nee-EN-sis

Meaning: An intergeneric cross of Fatsia (Latin for face) and Hedera (Latin name for ivy)
Latin Pronunciation: fats-HED-er-uh

Meaning: Hybrid meaning red leaved
Latin Pronunciation: er-ith-roh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Hybrid named for J.H. Faassen, Dutch nurseryman
Latin Pronunciation: fah-SEN-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for L'Abb? Urbain Jean Faurie, 19th century renowned French missionary and botanist in Japan, Formosa and Korea
Latin Pronunciation: FAU-ree-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for James Henry Ferriss, early 20th century midwest U.S. field biologist and writer
Latin Pronunciation: fer-RISS-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid meaning festive
Latin Pronunciation: FES-ta-liss

Meaning: Hybrid meaning free flowering
Latin Pronunciation: flor-ih-BUN-dum

Meaning: Hybrid named for Fraser's Nursery in Birmingham, Alabama
Latin Pronunciation: FRAY-zer-ee

Meaning: Named for Oliver M. Freeman of the US National Arboretum, who bred the hybrid
Latin Pronunciation: free-MAN-ee-eye

Meaning: Interspecific hybrid ofWashingtonia filifera andW. robusta
Latin Pronunciation: fil-ih-BUS-ta

Meaning: Named for Karl Ludwig Frikart of Switzerland, who created this hybrid in the 1920s
Latin Pronunciation: frih-KART-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid meaning prevailing or normal
Latin Pronunciation: jen-er-RAY-liss

Meaning: Hybrid meaning belonging to a clan or tribe
Latin Pronunciation: jen-TIL-iss

Meaning: Hybrid named for Louis Gerard, 19th century French physician and botanist
Latin Pronunciation: jer-AR-dee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, from gaster, (belly, stomach); referring to swollen base on flower
Latin Pronunciation: gass-TER-ee-a

Meaning: Hybrid having large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FLOR-um

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning graceful, slender
Latin Pronunciation: GRASS-il-is

Meaning: Hybrid with large flowers
Latin Pronunciation: gran-dih-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Intergeneric hybrid of Graptopetalum (Greek for marked petals) and Echeveria (for Atanasio Echverria Codoy, a Spanish botanist)
Latin Pronunciation: grap-toh-VER-ree-uh

Meaning: Hybrid named for J.N. Haage, 19th century German plant collector and seedsman
Latin Pronunciation: hag-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Hybrid, named for Louis Fourniquet Henderson, early 19th century botanist, dubbed the Grand Old Man of Northwest Botany by the Native Plant Society of Oregon
Latin Pronunciation: hen-der-SON-ee-eye

Meaning: Intergeneric hybrid of Heuchera (for J.H. von Heucher, a professor and botanist) and Tiarella (Greek for little crown)
Latin Pronunciation: hew-ker-REL-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of winter or winter-flowering (also spelled hyemalis)
Latin Pronunciation: hy-EH-may-liss
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:hee-EH-may-liss

Meaning: Hybrid meaning of or from Spain
Latin Pronunciation: his-PAN-ih-ka

Meaning: Hybrid of or from Holland (Netherlands)
Latin Pronunciation: hol-LAN-dee-kuh

Meaning: Hybrid of or from Holland (Netherlands)
Latin Pronunciation: hol-LAN-dee-kum

Meaning: Named for Henry Hopwood, 19th century settler of Australia
Latin Pronunciation: hop-wood-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Hybrid meaning of gardens or cultivated
Latin Pronunciation: hor-TEN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of gardens
Latin Pronunciation: hor-tew-LAY-num

Meaning: Hybrid meaning of the garden
Latin Pronunciation: hor-TOR-um

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of gardens
Latin Pronunciation: hor-tew-LAY-nus

Meaning: A hybrid (cross between two plants resulting in a plant that differs in one or more genes from the parent plants); also shown without the cross ("x") preceding
Latin Pronunciation: hy-BRID-uh

Meaning: A hybrid (cross between two plants resulting in a plant that differs in one or more genes from the parent plants); also shown without the cross ("x") preceding
Latin Pronunciation: hy-BRID-um

Meaning: A hybrid (cross between two plants resulting in a plant that differs in one or more genes from the parent plants); also shown without the cross ("x") preceding
Latin Pronunciation: hy-BRID-us

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning intermediate
Latin Pronunciation: in-ter-MEE-dee-a

Meaning: Hybrid meaning having flowers like Hyacinth
Latin Pronunciation: hy-uh-sin-ih-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning imperial, regal
Latin Pronunciation: im-peer-ee-AL-is

Meaning: Named for Arthur Johnson, a 19th century British watchmaker from Prescot in Lancashire County
Latin Pronunciation: jon-SOHN-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid; the epithet means yellowish or tawny yellow, referencing the Archduchess Isabella of Austria, who vowed not to change her underwear until her father, Philip II, won the siege of Ostend, which
Latin Pronunciation: iz-uh-bel-LEE-nus

Meaning: Named for George Jackman and his son George Jackman, Jr., 19th century nurserymen at Woking, Surrey, England
Latin Pronunciation: jak-MAN-ee-eye

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid of josikaea (named by Jacquin for Rosalia, the Baroness von J?sika of what is now Romania) and reflexa (sharply turned back)
Latin Pronunciation: jo-see-FLEKS-uh

Meaning: Named for William Judd, who introduced the hybrid at the Arnold Arboretum in 1920
Latin Pronunciation: JUD-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Christopher John Leyland, British horticulturist who crossed Cupressus nootkatensis (formerly Chamaecyparis) and Cupressus macrocarpa in his mid-Wales garden
Latin Pronunciation: lay-LAN-dee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Johann Kellerer
Latin Pronunciation: KEL-er-er-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from the Kew Gardens UK
Latin Pronunciation: kew-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning large flowered
Latin Pronunciation: ma-KRAN-tha

Meaning: Hybrid of or from the Kew Gardens UK
Latin Pronunciation: kew-EN-see

Meaning: Hybrid named for Max Loebner, garden inspector at the Bonn Botanic Garden
Latin Pronunciation: LOHB-ner-ee

Meaning: Hybrids named for the world-renowned French waterlily vendor, the Jardin des N?nuphars Latour-Marliac
Latin Pronunciation: mar-lee-AK-ee-a

Meaning: Hybrid meaning magnificent
Latin Pronunciation: mag-NIF-ih-kum

Meaning: Named for Victor Limoine, 20th century French horticulturist
Latin Pronunciation: le-MOY-NEE-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from Majorca
Latin Pronunciation: maj-JOR-ih-kum

Meaning: Hybrid meaning decaying; becoming decayed
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SES-enz

Meaning: Hybrid meaning having flowers like Lilium
Latin Pronunciation: lil-lee-ih-FLOR-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning average, middle
Latin Pronunciation: MEED-ee-uh

Meaning: Named for John Marshall, who created this hybrid wallflower in the mid-1800s by crossingE. perofskianum withE. decumbens
Latin Pronunciation: mar-SHALL-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid of D. purpurea and D. grandiflora, named after Merton Garden in Oxford, UK
Latin Pronunciation: mer-ton-EN-sis

Meaning: Named for Kathleen Meserve, early 20th century American amateur plant breeder
Latin Pronunciation: MESS-erv-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:MESS-erv-ee

Meaning: Of or from Mexicali, Mexico
Latin Pronunciation: meks-ih-KAL-ee

Meaning: Hybrid plant bred by M. Howarth, of Mentor, Ohio (U.S.) in the 1920s
Latin Pronunciation: men-tor-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid named for Frank Nicholas Meyer, 20th century Dutch agricultural explorer and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: MY-er-eye

Meaning: Hybrid meaning many divided
Latin Pronunciation: mul-TIF-id-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning with odor, fragrant
Latin Pronunciation: oh-DOR-us

Meaning: Hybrid name meaning to belong to paradise or heaven
Latin Pronunciation: par-ih-DEE-see

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of Oxford, England
Latin Pronunciation: oks-oh-nee-AH-num

Meaning: Hybrid having leaves like Morus (Mulberry)
Latin Pronunciation: mor-ee-FOH-lee-um

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning pale or pallid
Latin Pronunciation: PAL-id-us

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning palmate lobes
Latin Pronunciation: pal-mat-ee-LOH-buh

Meaning: An intergeneric hybrid name, combining Pardanthopsis (resembling pardanthus, a leopard flower) and Belamcanda (from the Asian name for this genus)
Latin Pronunciation: par-dan-KAN-duh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from Persia
Latin Pronunciation: PER-see-ka

Meaning: A hybrid of aquatica and spicata, the name means pepper-like
Latin Pronunciation: pip-er-EE-tuh

Meaning: Named for Mrs. Isabella Preston, 20th century Canadian horticulturist and plant breeder at the Ottawa Experimental Farm
Latin Pronunciation: pres-TON-ee-ay

Meaning: Hybrid meaning many-flowered
Latin Pronunciation: pol-ee-ANTH-a

Meaning: Hybrid meaning distinguished, noble
Latin Pronunciation: PRIN-sip-iss

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning to lay along the ground
Latin Pronunciation: pro-KUM-benz

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning downy or short haired
Latin Pronunciation: pew-BES-enz

Meaning: Hybrid, of Pruhonice, near Prague, Czechoslovakia
Latin Pronunciation: pru-hon-ee-kee-AH-na

Meaning: Hybrid meaning powdery
Latin Pronunciation: pul-ver-oo-LEN-tus

Meaning: Hybrid, resembling a plant which expels fleas (e.g., pennyroyal or fleabane)
Latin Pronunciation: pul-eg-ee-OY-dees

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning purple
Latin Pronunciation: pur-PUR-ee-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning purple
Latin Pronunciation: pur-PUR-ee-us

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning rosy
Latin Pronunciation: ros-EE-a

Meaning: A transgeneric hybrid of Quesnelia (Named for 19th century French author, Fran?ois Alexandre Quesn?) and Aechmea (from the Greek aikhme, meaning spear)
Latin Pronunciation: KWES-mee-uh

Meaning: Hybrid meaning a little bit red; pale red
Latin Pronunciation: ROO-bell-um

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning erect
Latin Pronunciation: REK-tus

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning red-colored
Latin Pronunciation: ROO-brum

Meaning: Hybrid, named for Sander & Sons after their collectors sent plants from the Philippines
Latin Pronunciation: SAN-der-ay
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:SAN-der-ay-ee

Meaning: Hybrid meaning always-flowering cultivar (cultivated)
Latin Pronunciation: sem-per-FLOR-enz kul-TOR-um

Meaning: Named for a Mr. Sheldon, which some references indicate was a British plant hybridizer
Latin Pronunciation: shel-DON-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for VH Sonderegger, early 20th century forester in Louisiana (U.S.), who discovered the species
Latin Pronunciation: son-der-REG-ger-eye

Meaning: Variant spelling of soulangiana; named for Etienne Soulange-Bodin, 19th century French cavaly officer and Director of the Royal Institute of Horticulture
Latin Pronunciation: soo-lan-jee-AH-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soo-lan-jee-AY-na

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning showy
Latin Pronunciation: spee-see-OH-sa

Meaning: Hybrid named for Etienne Soulange-Bodin, 19th century French cavaly officer and Director of the Royal Institute of Horticulture
Latin Pronunciation: soo-lan-jee-AH-na
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:soo-lan-jee-AY-na

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning superb
Latin Pronunciation: soo-PER-ba

Meaning: Hybrid, named after the Sunte House of Sussex, England
Latin Pronunciation: sun-TEN-see
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sun-TEN-say

Meaning: Hybrid meaning showy, spectacular
Latin Pronunciation: spee-see-OH-sum

Meaning: An intergeneric hybrid between Sycopsis (from the Greek sykon, fig; and opsis, appearing like) and Parrotia (for F.W. Parrot, 18th century German naturalist)
Latin Pronunciation: sy-koh-par-ROT-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:sy-koh-par-ROH-tee-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning superb
Latin Pronunciation: soo-PER-bum

Meaning: Hybrid meaning of the woods or growing wild
Latin Pronunciation: sil-VESS-tris

Meaning: Hybrid discovered by De Visiani at the Tagliabue Nursery, in Lainate (near Milan), Italy
Latin Pronunciation: tag-lee-ah-boo-AH-na

Meaning: Hybrid meaning resembles Tiarella (genus name meaning little crown or tiara, referring to the shape of the fruit)
Latin Pronunciation: tee-uh-rell-OY-deez

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid of tangerine (C. reticulata) and grapefruit (C. x paradisica); the epithet is a blend of Tangerine and Pomelo
Latin Pronunciation: TAN-jel-oh

Meaning: Hybrid named for Cornelius Gerrit van Tubergen and his nephews, Thomas M. Hoog and J M C Hoog, bulb growers in Haarlem, Holland
Latin Pronunciation: too-ber-GEN-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Muzio G. Spirito de Tommasini, 19th century botanist and mayor of Trieste, Italy
Latin Pronunciation: toh-mah-SEE-nee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid tuber
Latin Pronunciation: too-ber-HY-brid-uh

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning of or from Uppland, Sweden
Latin Pronunciation: up-LAN-dee-kum

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning variable
Latin Pronunciation: var-ee-AH-bil-ee

Meaning: Hybrid from Verri?res, France (near the famous nurser of Mssrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux)
Latin Pronunciation: ved-rar-ee-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid named for James Veitch, 19th century botanist and owner of a famous Chelsea nursery
Latin Pronunciation: VEET-chee-uh

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid of ventricosa (unevenly swollen) and alata (winged)
Latin Pronunciation: ven-TRAH-ta
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ven-TRAY-ta

Meaning: Hybrid named for Louis Benoit van Houtte, 19th century Belgian plant collector and nursery man
Latin Pronunciation: van-HOOT-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning to change color, variously coloured
Latin Pronunciation: ver-see-KOL-or

Meaning: Hybrid, meaning violet-coloured
Latin Pronunciation: vy-oh-LAH-see-a
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:vy-oh-LAY-see-a

Meaning: Hybrid meaning small vine
Latin Pronunciation: vy-tee-CHELL-uh

Meaning: From Warley Place, the Essex garden of famed 19th century British plantswoman Miss Ellen Willmott
Latin Pronunciation: war-lee-EN-see

Meaning: An interspecific hybrid named for John Charles Williams, early 19th century English hybridizer and plant collector
Latin Pronunciation: wil-yams-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid from Wisley Garden, in Surrey, England
Latin Pronunciation: wis-lee-EN-sis

Meaning: Hybrid developed by Mr. Van de Weyer in Dorset, England in the early 20th century
Latin Pronunciation: wey-er-ee-AH-na

Meaning: Named for James (Jim) Hamlyn Willis, 20th century Australian botanical collector and author
Latin Pronunciation: wil-LIS-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid named for Hermann Zabel, 19th century German forester and dendrologist
Latin Pronunciation: zah-BEL-ee-eye

Meaning: Hybrid, named for Prof. Veit Brecher Wittrock, 19th century Swedish botanist
Latin Pronunciation: wit-rok-ee-AH-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:wit-rok-ee-AN-uh

Meaning: Of or from Xalapa, Vera Cruz (Mexico); also spelled Jalapa
Latin Pronunciation: ha-la-PEN-sis

Meaning: Named for John Xanthus, 19th century Hungarian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: zan-TAN-uh

Meaning: Of or from Xalapa, Vera Cruz (Mexico); also spelled Jalapa
Latin Pronunciation: ha-la-PEN-see

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: ZAN-tha

Meaning: Yellow-spined
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tha-KAN-tha

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-ak-kanth-us
Meaning: with yellow thorns or spines.

Meaning: Somewhat yellow
Latin Pronunciation: zan-THEL-um

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and eranthemum (a perennial herb whose genus name means beautiful flower)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-thee-ran-thee-mum

Meaning: Having yellow foliage
Latin Pronunciation: zan-thi-FOH-lee-a

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: zan-TEE-nuh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:zan-THEE-nuh

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: zan-TEE-num
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:zan-THEE-num

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-in-us
Meaning: yellow.

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: ZAN-thee-um

Meaning: Yellow fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KAR-puh

Meaning: Yellow fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KAR-pum

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-oh-karp-us
Meaning: yellow-fruited.

Meaning: Yellow head
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-SEF-uh-lum
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:zan-tho-KEF-uh-lum

Meaning: Yellow rod
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-SER-sis

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chlorus (green)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KLOR-um

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chlorus (green)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KLOR-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chlorus (green)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KLOR-uss

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chymus (juice),
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KY-ma

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and chymus (juice),
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KY-mus

Meaning: Yellow myrtle
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-MIR-tus

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-oh-lew-kus
Meaning: yellowish-white.

Meaning: Yellow bell
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-KO-don

Meaning: Yellow pappus
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-PAP-pus

xanthophyll

Any of several yellow accessory pigments found in plant leaves which are oxygen derivatives of carotenes.

Meaning: yellow plant
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-FY-tum

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and phylla (leaves)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-FIL-lum

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-or-rye-zus
Meaning: yellow-rooted.

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow) and rheo (to flow), referring to the yellow gum that can be extracted
Latin Pronunciation: zan-thor-ROH-ee-uh

Latin Pronunciation: zanth-oh-ft,//-us
Meaning: yellow-leaved.

Meaning: From the Greek xanthos (yellow)
Latin Pronunciation: zan-THO-see-uh

Meaning: Yellow stamens
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tho-STEE-mon
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:zan-tho-STEM-on

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: ZAN-thus

Meaning: Named for John Xanthus, 19th century Hungarian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: ZAN-tee

Meaning: Yellow
Latin Pronunciation: ZAN-thum

Meaning: Named for Janos (John) Xantus, 19th century Hungarian naturalist who collected plants for Asa Gray in southern California
Latin Pronunciation: ZANT-ee-eye

Meaning: Named for John Xanthus, 19th century Hungarian botanist
Latin Pronunciation: zan-tee-AY-nuh

Meaning: Resembles the genus Xantonnea
Latin Pronunciation: zan-toh-nee-OP-sis

Meaning: From the Greek xeno (strange) and the Latin pomum (fruit, specifically fleshy fruit such as apples)
Latin Pronunciation: ze-no-POH-muh

Meaning: From the Greek xeno (strange) and stegia (covering)
Latin Pronunciation: ze-no-STEEJ-ee-uh
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:ze-no-STEG-ee-uh

Meaning: Foreign plant
Latin Pronunciation: zen-nee-koh-FY-ton

xeriscaping (n. xeriscape)

Landscaping with the use of drought-tolerant plants, to eliminate the need for supplemental watering.

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and Aloysia (a related plant genus)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-al-uh-WIZH-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and chrysos (gold, yellow)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-KRIS-um

Meaning: Dry branch
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-KLAD-ee-uh

xeric

Of, or adapted to, an extremely dry habitat.

Meaning: Dry grass
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-KLOH-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and Derris (a related genus, whose name means a leather covering in reference to the tough seed pods )
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-DER-iss

xeromorph

A plant having features commonly associated with xerophytes, but not necessarily itself drought-tolerant. See also: scleromorph, xerophyte.

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and nema (thread)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-NEM-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and draba (a mustard-like plant)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-DRAY-buh

Meaning: Dry leaves
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FIL-uh

Meaning: Dry leaves
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FIL-us

Meaning: Loves dryness, arid places
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FY-tuh

Meaning: From the greek xeros (dry) and lirion (lily)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-LIR-ee-on

xerophyte (adj. xerophytic)

A plant adapted to live under very dry conditions.

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and phila (loving)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FY-luh

xerophyte (adj. xerophytic)

A plant adapted to live under very dry conditions.

Meaning: Loves dryness, arid places
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FY-tum

Meaning: Loves dryness, arid places
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-FY-tus

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and siphon (tube)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-SY-fon

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and sicyos (a cucumber)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-SIS-eye-os

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and orchis (shaped like a testicle)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-OR-kiss

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and spermos (seed)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-SPER-mum

Meaning: Little dry shrub
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-THAM-nel-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xeros (dry) and Spiraea (a similar genus)
Latin Pronunciation: zer-oh-spy-REE-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xifos (sword) and ?kantha (thorn)
Latin Pronunciation: zif-a-KAN-thus
Alternative Self-Pronouncing:zy-fa-KAN-thus

Meaning: Named for Francisco Ximenez (also spelled Jimenez), 17th century Spanish monk
Latin Pronunciation: hem-MAY-nee-uh

Meaning: Like a Gladiolus
Latin Pronunciation: ZIF-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xifos (sword), referring to the leaves
Latin Pronunciation: zy-FID-ee-um

Meaning: Like a Gladiolus
Latin Pronunciation: ZIF-ee-um

Meaning: From the Grek xiphos (sword); hence, sword fern
Latin Pronunciation: zy-FOP-ter-iss

Meaning: Like a Gladiolus
Latin Pronunciation: ZIF-ee-us

Meaning: In Greek mythology, Xuthus and his sons founded the Achaean and Ionian nations
Latin Pronunciation: zoo-tha

Meaning: Of or from Xizang (Tibet), China
Latin Pronunciation: she-DZANG-ee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xylos (wood) and anchein (to strangle)
Latin Pronunciation: zy-LAN-kee

Meaning: From the Greek xylos (wood) and anthos (flower)
Latin Pronunciation: zy-LAN-the-mum

xylem

Tissue specialized for the transport of water and minerals upward through the plant.

Meaning: From the Greek xylon, meaning wood; referring to the genus having very hard wood
Latin Pronunciation: ZY-lee-a

Meaning: Prefix meaning woody
Latin Pronunciation: zy-lo

Meaning: Wood calyx
Latin Pronunciation: zy-loh-KAL-iks

Meaning: Woody spines
Latin Pronunciation: zy-low-KAN-tha

Meaning: Woody spines
Latin Pronunciation: zy-low-KAN-thum

Meaning: Woody spines
Latin Pronunciation: zy-low-KAN-thus

Meaning: Woody fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zy-lo-KAR-pus

Meaning: Woody fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zy-lo-KAR-puh

Meaning: Woody fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zy-lo-KAR-pum

Meaning: From the Greek xylong (wood) and melon (fruit tree), referring to the large, woody fruit
Latin Pronunciation: zy-loh-MEL-um

Meaning: A compression from the Greek xylon pikron, meaning bitter wood
Latin Pronunciation: zy-LOH-pee-uh

Meaning: From the Greek xylos (wood) and phragma (fence or partition)
Latin Pronunciation: zy-lo-FRAG-muh

Meaning: Resembles Xylophylla (wood-leaved, referring to its leaf-like branches)
Latin Pronunciation: zy-loh-fil-LOY-deez

Meaning: From the Greek xylos (wood) and theka (cup or container))
Latin Pronunciation: zy-loh-THEK-uh

Meaning: Woody root
Latin Pronunciation: zy-low-RY-zuh

Meaning: From the Greek word, meaning razor; name used by Dioscorides for Iris foetidissima
Latin Pronunciation: ZY-riss

Meaning: From the Greek, meaning razor fern
Latin Pronunciation: zy-ROP-ter-iss

Meaning: Fragmented lobes (of the corona)
Latin Pronunciation: zys-ma-LOH-bee-um

Meaning: From the greek xylos (wood) and osma (smells), referring to the plant's woody aroma
Latin Pronunciation: ZY-lohs-muh