nutkana
/nut-KAH-na/🏷️ Taxonomy●●● Advanced
Also known as: nutkanus, nutkanum
A geographic epithet recording Nootka Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, where many Pacific Northwest plants were first collected and described. It marks a species of that cool, wet coastal belt rather than one of the dry interior. Appears as nutkanus (masculine), nutkana (feminine), or nutkanum (neuter).
Etymology
From Nootka Sound, on the coast of British Columbia.
Example
“Rosa nutkana (nootka rose) and Rubus nutkanus (thimbleberry) both take their epithet from that stretch of Pacific coast.”