Rhaphidophora

Translingual

Alternative forms

  • (deprecated, sense 2) Raphidophora

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥαφῐ́ς (rhaphĭ́s, “needle”) +‎ -phora (“bearing”, from Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)).

  • (sense 1): Coined by French entomologist Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1838.
  • (sense 2): Coined by German botanist Justus Carl Hasskarl in 1842.
  • (sense 3): Coined by botanist John Albert Long, by British botanist Dingley Fuge and by American phycologist James Smith in 1946.

Proper noun

Rhaphidophora f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhaphidophoridae – typical cave crickets.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – the rhaphidophoras; certain vines closely related to monsteras and golden pothos.
    Synonym: (deprecated) Afrorhaphidophora
  3. (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Stictodiscaceae – synonym of Rhaphidophoropsis; certain chromists.

Usage notes

  • Certain species of the genus of vines are colloquially referred to in English as monsteras (e.g. the mini monstera, Rhaphidophora tetrasperma), despite them never having been classified under the genus Monstera.

Derived terms

sense 1
sense 2
sense 3

Descendants

sense 2
  • → Arabic: حُمِّلَ الْإِبْرَة (ḥummila l-ʔibra) (calque)
  • →? Chinese: 針房藤 / 针房藤 (zhēnfángténg) (calque)
  • English: → rhaphidophora, ⇒ (either a direct clipping or from the borrowed term) rhaphi
  • → Polish: rafidofora
  • → Russian: рафидофо́ра (rafidofóra)

Translations

See also

genus of cave crickets
genus of vines
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