Reticulatus
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Also known as: reticulata, reticulatum
A pattern epithet describing a surface marked with a network of intersecting lines or veins — like a net or mesh. It is applied to leaves with strongly net-like venation, to petals with netted markings, and to bulb tunics with a fibrous net-like outer coat. Appears as reticulatus (masculine), reticulata (feminine), or reticulatum (neuter).
Etymology
From Latin reticulatus, meaning "net-like" or "reticulated," from reticulum (a little net), diminutive of rete (a net).
Example
“Iris reticulata (netted iris) takes its name from the fibrous, net-like outer coat of its small bulb, and Goodyera repens (creeping lady's tresses) has the characteristic net-veined leaves the reticulatus epithet perfectly describes.”