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Friday - August 21, 2015
From: Saranac Lake, NY
Region: Northeast
Topic: General Botany
Title: What does the name montana mean in a species name?
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
What does the name montana mean in a species name?ANSWER:
According to David Gledhill (The Names of Plants. 3rd Edition. 2002. Cambridge University Press):
montanus, montana and montanum (as well as, monticolus, monticola and moniticolum) mean "of mountains, mountain-dweller".
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