This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Spanish to English
  3. Botany

Limoniastrum monopetal

English translation: Limoniastrum monopetalum

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
Spanish term or phrase:Limoniastrum monopetal
English translation:Limoniastrum monopetalum
Entered by: Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)

15:29 Sep 20, 2007
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Botany / Limoniastrum monopetalum
Spanish term or phrase: Limoniastrum monopetal
Verdolaga seca, Salado
Limoniastrum monopetalum

I need common name in EN, or approximation to a common name

Details as follows:


Foto de Verdolaga seca, Salado - http://perso.wanadoo.fr/

- Nombre científico o latino: Limoniastrum monopetalum

- Nombre común o vulgar: Verdolaga seca, Salado.

- Familia: Plumbaginaceae.

- Arbusto perennifolio de pequeña o mediana talla.

- Ramas ascendentes o erectas con hojas sólo en la parte superior.

- Hojas algo carnosas, con granulaciones blancas de depósitos de carbotanos, limbo obovado-lanceolado o espatulado, ensanchado en la base formando una vaina amplexicaule.

- Flores en espículas bracteadas uni o bifloras dispuestas en una inflorescencia espiciforme terminal y frágil, hermafroditas, actinomorfas, pentámeras.

- Fruto membranoso, indehiscente, incluido en el cáliz.

- Ultrarresistente a la sequía y a la salinidad.

- Se emplea en jardines secos, por ejemplo, junto al mar.

verdolaga.

(Del mozár. berdiláqaš, y este del lat. portulāca, infl. por verde y el mozár. yiláqa, aulaga).

1. f. Planta herbácea anual, de la familia de las Portulacáceas, con tallos tendidos, gruesos, jugosos, de tres a cuatro decímetros de largo; hojas sentadas, carnosas, casi redondas, verdes por la haz y blanquecinas por el envés, flores amarillas, y fruto capsular con semillas menudas y negras. Es planta hortense y se usa como verdura.
Lia Fail (X)
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Limoniastrum monopetalum
Explanation:
Suerte

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 minutos (2007-09-20 15:36:19 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

[PDF] Floral ontogeny in the PlumbaginaceaeYoung flower of Limoniastrum monopetalum with five sepals and inception of five ... Limoniastrum monopetalum. of. the Armerioideae and. Plumbago auriculata ...
www.springerlink.com/index/A1TH5W2PV110N648.pdf - Similar pages
[ More results from www.springerlink.com ]

Limoniastrum monopetalum information from NPGS/GRINCheck other databases for Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss.:. Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS); ePIC: Electronic Plant Information ...
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22274 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Limoniastrum monopetalum- [ Translate this page ]Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss. <Ver Otras Plumbaginaceae>. Familia:. Floración: Altura: cm. Distribución: . Hábitat:. Origen nombre científico: ...
www.hoseito.com/FLORES SILVESTRES/Limoniastrum monopetalum....
Selected response from:

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2Limoniastrum monopetalum
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
5 +1Limoniastrum
Barbara Thomas
3Mediterranean Statice
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Limoniastrum monopetalum


Explanation:
Suerte

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 6 minutos (2007-09-20 15:36:19 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

[PDF] Floral ontogeny in the PlumbaginaceaeYoung flower of Limoniastrum monopetalum with five sepals and inception of five ... Limoniastrum monopetalum. of. the Armerioideae and. Plumbago auriculata ...
www.springerlink.com/index/A1TH5W2PV110N648.pdf - Similar pages
[ More results from www.springerlink.com ]

Limoniastrum monopetalum information from NPGS/GRINCheck other databases for Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss.:. Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS); ePIC: Electronic Plant Information ...
www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?22274 - 20k - Cached - Similar pages

Limoniastrum monopetalum- [ Translate this page ]Limoniastrum monopetalum (L.) Boiss. <Ver Otras Plumbaginaceae>. Familia:. Floración: Altura: cm. Distribución: . Hábitat:. Origen nombre científico: ...
www.hoseito.com/FLORES SILVESTRES/Limoniastrum monopetalum....


Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 16:04
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alvin Adams, Jr (X): I agree. It doesn't seem to have an English common name. I would simply refer to it as "Limoniastrum".
12 mins
  -> Gracias Alvin
agree  Joseph Brazauskas: El lleno nombre latino. Muy bién!
25 days
  -> Gracias querido Joseph
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

36 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Limoniastrum monopetalum
Limoniastrum


Explanation:
According to the USDA, it's Limoniastrum. Depending on your context I would put "Limoniastrum monopetalum, known locally as 'salado' or 'verdolaga'"


    Reference: http://www.ussl.ars.usda.gov/pls/caliche/Halophyte.query?k=G...
Barbara Thomas
United States
Local time: 10:04
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jessica M: You beat me to it! I found this: http://www.plantpress.com/dictionary/r/lat/Limoniastrum mono...
3 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

52 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Mediterranean Statice


Explanation:
According to the reference below.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 53 mins (2007-09-20 16:23:27 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Actually, lower case **statice**.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 54 mins (2007-09-20 16:24:04 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Limoniastrum
**Mediterranean statice**

Genus Record #: gw2005061

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-20 16:30:23 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Another name seems to be "Grand statice".

Limoniastrium monopetalum (Li) Boiss. Grand statice, Limoniastrum.

"statice" because its appearance does not change much during flowering.


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-20 16:32:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Here, we can see the picture...

I would use **Grand statice** rather than **Mediterranean statice**, or both.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-20 16:33:48 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://inpn.mnhn.fr/isb/servlet/ISBServlet?action=Espece&typ...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2007-09-20 16:35:10 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Nom vernaculaire :
**Grand statice** ; Limoniastrum monopétale

From the above cited reference...



    Reference: http://hortiplex.gardenweb.com/plants/p1/gw2005061.html
Zareh Darakjian Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 07:04
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArmenianArmenian
PRO pts in category: 16
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search