A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

ductus,-a,-um (part.A): derived; formed, created, [> L. duco, duxi, ductum, 3, to lead, bring forward or forth, to conduct, direct; often + ob (prep. + acc.) with verbs of rest: due to, on account of, by reason of, because of, by virtue of; often + ob (prep. + acc.) with verbs of rest: due to, on account of, by reason of, because of, by virtue of; see ducens,-entis (part.B);

- Eucamptodon, Ab ‘eu’ perfecte, kamptos, incurvus et odous, dens, ob dentes peristomii madefactos perfecte incurvos nomen ductum (mosses; Mueller), the name derived from ‘eu’ completely, kamptos, incurved and odous, tooth, because the teeth of the peristome, when wetted, are completely incurved.

- Campylostelium: nomen e vocibus kampulos curvus et steleon securis manubrium q. e. pedunculis, ob pedunculum curvum Campylopodi affinem ductum (mosses; Mueller),the name derived from the words kampylos, curved and steleon, the haft of an axe, that is, to the peduncles, related to Campylopodus due to the curved peduncle.

- [Cinclidium] A kinklis [in Latin] cancelli, ob peristomii interni foramina ductum (Mueller), from kinklis ‘cancelli’, derived from kinklis [in Latin] cancelli, because of the aperatures of the inner peristome.

- [moss] nomen ob pedunculum curvum Campylopodi[=dat.sg.] affinem ductum. (C. Mueller), name deribed from a relationship to the Campylopus due to the curved peduncle [i.e. seta].