A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

gemmifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A), gemmiparus,-a,-um (adj.A): gemmiferous, gemmiparous, bearing buds, capitula or gemmae; (fungi) “bearing ‘gemmae’ or budlike structures” (S&D);

- folia ex apice gemmifera, leaves from the apex gemmiferous.

- [a form of Brassica oleracea, ‘gemmifera:’] capitulis minimis plurimis ex axillis foliorum secus caulem elongatum ortis (DeCandolle), with many tiny capitula arisen from the axils of the leaves along the elongate stem.

- Saxifraga inter petiolos foliorum radicalium gemmifera,(Boissier), a Saxifraga among the petioles of the basal leaves gemmiferous.

- var. gemmifera, capitulis minimis plurimis ex axillis foliorum secus caulem elongatum ortis (DeCandolle), var. gemmifera, with many tiny capitula arisen from the axils of the leaves along an elongate stem.

NOTE: (fungi) [as a noun] Gemmifer: (fungi) “a gemma bearer; in Omphalia flavida Maubl. & Rangel, apparently a minute and incompletely developed carpophore, the rudimentary pileus of which serves as a ‘gemma’” (S&D): carpophorum,-i (s.n.II) gemmiferum, abl. sg. carpophoro gemmifero.