The first column below contains seed-bearing genera from Stearn and other sources as listed, excluding those names that no longer appear in more modern works, such as Plants of the World by Maarten J. M. Christenhusz (lead author), Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase. Plants of the World is also used for the family and order classification for each genus. The second column gives a meaning or derivation of the word, such as a language of origin. The last two columns indicate additional citations.
Key
Latin: = derived from Latin (otherwise Greek, except as noted)
Ba = listed in Ross Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical
Bu = listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names
CS = listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
G = listed in David Gledhill's The Names of Plants
St = listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Lachnanthes←Lactuca sap←Lagarosiphon←Lagenaria←Lagurus←Lamium←Lampranthus←Illustration of Lathraea←Leonotis←Illustration of Leontodon←Leontopodium←Leonurus←Leptotes←Leucadendron←Leucaena←Leucanthemum and a butterfly←Leucheria←Ligularia←Limnanthes←Limnobium in an aquarium←Limnocharis←Limonium←Liparis←Liquidambar←Lithops←Lithospermum seeds←Lonchocarpus←Lophophora←Loropetalum←Lunaria←Mammillaria←Manulea←Maxillaria←Melocactus←Menispermum seeds←Micranthemum←Mitraria←Molopospermum←Momordica←Moneses←Monstera in a clothing shop window←Mormodes←Myoporum←Myosurus←Myriocephalus←Nemophila←Nertera←Nidularium←Niphaea←Nolana←Omphalodes←Orbea←Illustration of Orchis←Ormosia-seed necklaces←Oxypetalum←Pachycereus←Potted Pachyphytum←Pachyrhizus root←Pachystachys←Paphiopedilum←Paris←Pediocactus←Pelargonium←Peniocereus←Pennisetum←Pentas←Periploca←Peristeria←Petrorhagia←Phaius←