I haven't been recording all the errors I've seen in the dictionary (more than I would have liked to see), but this entry has every species name it lists misspelled.

https://garden.org/nga/diction...

barrel cactus n. A common name for 3 different cacti: Echinocactus Garusonii, Ferocactus ancanthoides, and F. wislizenii.

The correct spellings and capitalization are
E. grusonii, F. cylindraceus (new species name, and acanthodes was misspelled anyway), F. wislizeni (single i at end)

As a grower of said barrel cacti, I would the name describes all Ferocactus species, a few Echinocactus species, and other spiny cacti with similar proportions.

@Trish is there any way we can make corrections to the dictionary? Because I can come up with a few more.

At the moment, only Dave, Jon, and me can make edits to the dictionary. Post them here, or treemail one of us and we will add/edit as needed.

Thanks so much for your help and effort in this project!

Thank you. For now there is the correction above for "barrel cacti", plus this one for "Aloe":

https://garden.org/nga/diction...

where the text

A genus of between 200 and 250 species of tender succulent perennials, shrubs, and trees (Liliaceae)

should read

A genus of about 500 species of tender succulent perennials, shrubs, and trees (Asphodelaceae)

And if I come across more, I will post them here.

There have been requests in other threads to add terms... here are the ones I'd like to see, formatted as close as I could get to the dictionary format.

caudex (kaw'-deks) - n. 1. The axis of a plant, consisting of stem and root. 2. A swollen or enlarged storage organ arising from stem and/or roots, particularly one dedicated to storing water. 3. The main stem of a tree, especially a palm, cycad or tree fern.

caudiciform (kaw-dis'-ih-form) - n. A plant with a caudex.

pachycaul (pak'-ee-kahl) - adj. A plant with a disproportionately thick stem or trunk for its size.

secund (see'-kuhnd) - adj. (Describing flowers or leaves) all directed toward the same side of a stem.

geophyte (gee'-uh-fite) - n. A plant with an enlarged underground food or water storage organ, such as a rhizome, bulb, tuber, or corm, parts of which may give rise to a new plant.

geophytic (gee-uh-fit'-ic) - adj. Referring to a geophyte, or plant with an underground storage organ.

Thanks, Baja!

We have a very packed week, and will get to this over the weekend!

I found something that needs correction; information appears to have been omitted at the end of the sentence: https://garden.org/nga/diction...

It currently reads as follows:
ramentum (ruh mehn'tuhm) n., pl. ramenya. In botany, a thin, brownish, fringed scale that appears on

It should read:
ramentumThin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns.

Also, I think the plural is ramenta, rather than ramenya.

I took care of everything in this thread. If you all see any more corrections let me know

From the first post in this thread, the text for "barrel cactus" should be

A common name for 3 different cacti: Echinocactus grusonii, Ferocactus cylindraceus, and F. wislizeni, plus other members of those 2 genera.

https://garden.org/nga/diction...

Got it!

Hi,

I believe the term "Mushquash Root" listed in the gardening dictionary should be "Musquash Root". Searching for this term did not turn up any results in the database, so I searched for Cicuta maculata (Water Hemlock). I was then going to add Mushquash Root as a synonym for Water Hemlock, but then found that it might be misspelled. Could you check this out to make sure it is correct?

Water-Hemlock (Cicuta maculata)