Borror, Donald J., Dictionary
of Word Roots and Combining Forms, 1960. Mayfield Publishing, Palo Alto. Venerable pocket-sized
paperback contains most Latin and Greek roots you will find in any scientific
word, plus information on pronunciation. Still widely available new and used,
and available in pdf in its entirety online:
http://mseffie.com/assignments/roots/Dictionary%20of%20Word%20Roots%20&%20Combining%20Forms.pdf.
Coombes, Allen J.,The A to Z
of Plant Names, 2012. Timber Press, Portland. Nice, detailed explanations of a
limited list of species and genus names.
Gledhill, David, The Names of Plants, 2002. Cambridge University Press,
UK. Similar to Coombes, a nice guide to a limited selection of plant names.
Stearn, William T.,
Botanical Latin, 1966. David & Charles, Vermont. Large hardback,
comprehensive reference on rules for spelling and pronunciation, definitions,
dictionary of botanical terms having Latin roots, Greek roots, many pages of
e.g. various roots for specific colors.
Pojar, Jim, Andy MacKinnon, et al. Plants of the
Pacific Northwest Coast, 1994. Lone Pine Publishing, Vancouver, B.C. The most popular guide to PNW plants,
for professionals and others. Many
plant descriptions include info on meanings of names.
Online pronunciation guides- most just give
printed guidance, e.g. “MEER-uh-kuh” (Myrica)—but
there are audio guides available as well. The older, huge, beautiful plant
encyclopedia Botanica had a companion CD with audio for names.
http://overplanted.com/resources/latin.php
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