Plant Pronunciation Guide T-U-V

A guide to help you pronounce Botanical names.


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Genus - T species pronunciation
Tagetes - tah-JEE-deez
Talinum - tah-LY-num
- paniculatum pah-nik-yew-LAY-tum
Tanacetum - tan-ah-SEE-tum
- parthenium par-THEN-ee-um
Taxodium - tax-OH-dee-um
- distichum DISS-tih-kum
Taxus - TAX-us
- media MEE-dee-ah
Tellima - TEH-lih-muh
- grandiflora gran-dih-FLOOR-ah
Teucrium - TEW-kree-um
- aroanium ah-ROE-nee-um
- chamaedrys kam-EE-driss
- compactum kom-PAK-tum
Thalictrum - thah-LIK-trum
- decorum deh-KORE-um
- rochebruneanum roesh-broo-nee-AY-num
Thuja - THOO-yah
- occidentalis ox-ee-den-TAL-is
Thujopsis - thoo-YOP-siss
- dolobrata doll-uh-BRAY-tuh
Thunbergia - thun-BER-jee-ah
- alata ah-LAY-tah
Thymophylla - ty-mo-FIL-lah
- tenuiloba ten-yew-ih-LOW-bah
Thymus - TY-mus
- albus AL-bus
- articus ARK-tee-kus
- citriodorus sih-tree-oh-DOR-us
- praecox PRAY-kox
- pseudolanuginosus soo-doe-lan-oo-han-OH-sus
- serpyllum ser-PIL-lum
Tiarella - tee-ar-EL-lah
- collina kol-LEE-nah
- cordifolia kor-dih-FOE-lee-ah
Tibouchina - tib-oo-CHEE-nah
- urvilleana ur-vil-lee-AY-nah
Tilia - TILL-ee-uh
- tomentosa toe-men-TOE-suh
Tillandsia - till-AND-see-uh
- usneoides uzz-nee-oh-EYE-deez
Torenia - tor-EE-nee-ah
- fournieri for-nee-ERR-eye
Tradescantia - trad-es-KAN-tee-ah
- andersoniana an-der-so-nee-AY-nah
- pallida PAL-ih-duh
Tricyrtus - try-SIR-tiss
- formosana for-moe-SAH-nah
Trillium - TRILL-ee-um
- catesbaei kats-BEH-eye
- grandiflorum grand-i-FLO-rum
- sessile SESS-ile
- vaseyi VAY-see-eye
Triteleia - trit-uh-LEE-uh
- laxa LACKS-uh
Trollius - TROE-lee-us
- cultorum kul-TOO-rum
- pumilus PEW-mih-lus
Tropaeolum - troe-pay-OH-lum
- majus MAY-jus
- peregrinum per-ih-GREE-num
- polyphyllum pah-lee-FIL-um
- speciosum spee-see-OH-sum
Tsuga - SOO-gah
- canadensis kan-ah-DEN-sis
Tulbaghia - tul-BAG-ee-ah
- violacea vy-oh-LAY-see-ah
Tulipa - TEW-lih-puh
- fosteriana foss-ter-ee-AY-nah
- greigii GREEG-ee-eye
- praestans PRAY-stanz

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Genus - U species pronunciation
Ulmus - UL-mus
- americana ah-mer-KAY-nah
- alata ah-LAY-tah
- carpinifolia kar-py-nih-FOE-lee-ah
- crassifolia kras-ih-FOE-lee-uh
- glabra GLAY-brah
- hollandica hol-LAN-dih-kah
- parviflora par-vih-FLOOR-ah
- procera proe-SEE-rah
- pumila POO-mih-lah
- rubra ROO-brah
Umbellularia - um-bel-LAH-ree-ah
Uniola - you-NYE-uh-luh
- paniculata puh-nick-you-LAY-tuh
Urospermum - your-oh-SPERM-um
Uvularia - oo-vew-LAH-ree-ah
- grandiflora gran-dih-FLOOR-ah
Ursinia - er-SIN-ee-ah
- anthemoides an-the-MOY-deez
- calenduliflora kal-end-yew-lih-FLOR-ah

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Genus - V species pronunciation
Vaccinium - vak-SIN-ih-um
- angustifolium an-gus-tih-FOE-lee-um
- arboreum ar-BOE-ree-um
- ashei ASH-ee-eye
- corymbosum kor-im-BO-sum
- macrocarpon mak-roe-KAR-pon
- ovatum oh-VAY-tum
- oxycoccos ok-si-KOK-ohs
- stamineum stam-IN-ee-um
- vitis-idaea VIE-tis eye-DEE-ah
Valeriana - vu-leh-ree-AH-nah
- officinalis oh-fi-shi-NAH-lis
Vancouveria - vang-koo-VEH-ree-uh
- hexandra heks-AN-druh
Valerianella - vah-ler-ree-ah-NEL-lah
Vallisneria - val-is-NEH-ree-ah
Veitchia - VEET-chee-eye
- montgomeryana mont-gom-er-ee-AY-nah
Veltheimia - velt-HYME-ee-uh
- bracteata brack-tee-AY-tuh
Veratrum - veh-RAH-trum
- viride VIH-rih-dee
Verbascum - ver-BASS-cum
- bombyciferum bom-bih-SIH-feh-rum
- chaixii SHAY-zee-eye
- olympicum oh-LIM-pih-cum
- phoenicium foy-NEE-see-um
Verbena - ver-BEE-nah
- bonariensis bon-ar-ee-EN-sis
- canadensis kah-nah-DEN-sis
- hybrida HY-brih-dah
- rigida RIH-gih-dah
- tenuisecta ten-yew-ih-SEK-tah
Vernonia - ver-NO-nee-ah
- noveboracensis no-veh-bor-ah-SEN-sis
Vernonia - ver-NO-nee-ah
- noveboracensis no-veh-bor-ah-SEN-sis
Veronica - ver-ON-ih-kah
- alpina al-PINE-ah
- austriaca ow-stree-AH-cah
- gentianoides gen-tee-a-NOI-deez
- incana in-KAH-nah
- liwanensis lee-wan-EN-sis
- longifolia long-gih-FOE-lee-ah
- pectinata pek-tih-NAH-tah
- peduncularis ped-unk-yew-LAR-iss
- prostrata pros-TRAH-tah
- spicata spee-KAH-tah
- virginica ver-JIN-ih-kah
Veronicastrum - ver-on-ih-KAS-trum
- virginicum ver-JIN-ih-kum
Viburnum - vy-BURN-um
- cassinoides kass-ih-no-EYE-deez
- davidii duh-VID-ee-eye
- opulus OP-yew-lus
- plicatum plih-KAY-tum
- rhytidophyllum rih-tid-oh-FY-lum
- tinus TYE-nus
- tomentosum toe-men-TOE-sum
- trilobum try-LOW-bum
- opulus OP-yew-lus
Vicia - VISS-ee-uh
- faba FAY-buh
Vinca - VING-ka
- major MAY-jor
- minor MINE-or
Viola - VIE-oh-lah
- cornuta kor-NEW-tah
- cucullata kuk-eh-LAH-tah
- labradorica lab-rah-DOE-ree-kah
- odorata oh-doe-RAH-tah
- pedata peh-DAH-tah
- pubescens PEW-bes-cens
- rotundifolia roe-tund-eye-FOE-lee-ah
- tricolor TRI-kul-er
- wittrockiana wit-rok-ee-AY-nah
Vitis - VY-tiss
- agnus-castus AG-nus KASS-tuss
- vinifera vin-IF-er-uh

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