A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

pelt-, pelti-, pelto-: in both Gk. and Lat. compounds: with the shape of a pelta,-ae (s.f.I), q.v., i.e. round, circular; stem = pelt-;

NOTE: compounds with –peltis,-idis (s.f.III) use the stem –peltid-, as in peltidifolius.

peltadenius,-a,-um (adj.A): Inga peltadenia, a species with large peltate glands.

peltibracteatus,-a,-um (adj.A): provided with peltate bracts.

peltifer,-fera,-ferum (adj.A), peltierus,-a,-um (adj.A): Glochidion peltiferum.

peltifolius,-a,-um (adj.A): Koyamacalia peltifolia.

peltiformis,-e (adj.B): “(obsol.) having simple [i.e. unbranched] veins arranged as in a peltate leaf.” (Lindley).

peltiger,-gera,-gerum; peltigerus,-a,-um (adj.A): Anthurium peltigerum; Asclepias peltigera; Begonia peltigera; Echites peltigerus.

(lichen) Collema peltigera.

Peltigera,-ae (s.f.I), foliose lichens (Peltigeraceae);

peltinervis,-e (adj.B), “having ribs arranged as in a peltate leaf” (Lindley).

peltiphyllus,-a,-um (adj.A): Loasa peltiphylla; Nasa peltiphylla; genus Peltiphyllum (Saxifragaceae).

(genus) Peltiphyllum (Saxifragaceae), with peltate leaves.

peltophorus,-a,-um (adj.A), also peltophoros,-a,-um (adj.A) ‘shield-bearing’ = peltifer, etc.: Peltophorum (genus in Fabaceae).

(Hepatic) Lejeunea subg. Peltolejeunea (Lejeuneaceae); Croton peltophorus; Caesalpinia sect. Peltophorum.