Monday, July 19, 2010

Is there a type of flower with a common name that begins with X?

Here are the flower botanical names starting with x http://www.mygarden.net.au/names/scienti...


I don't see any common names starting that way.

Is there a type of flower with a common name that begins with X?
Xylia is an old name for Tribus Adenanthereae, Mimosaceae and has its origin in the graec. word xylon=wood.


No 4 of the named members of the Mimosaceae:


http://www.crescentbloom.com/Plants/Fami...


and here on page 6:http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:hI5...





Another very old one could be Xyris=Xiris, an overtaken Indian name of the flower Iris indica=Iris agria foetida.


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