Talk:jinianum

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From Chinese placename ?[edit]

I am not sure, but this seems to be derived from a transliteration of a Chinese place name. DCDuring TALK 02:27, 5 March 2012 (UTC)Reply

I don't think anyone would be able to tell you that. Where did you hear about this? JamesjiaoTC 21:49, 6 February 2014 (UTC)Reply
In the internet one can find "皖景天(Sedum jinianum)" and "该属植物东南景天(S.alfredii)和皖景天(S.jinianum) [...]" in Chinese texts. should mean "and" (or "with"). is transcribed as "jǐng" in Pinyin and as tiān (in Wiktionary as tiān and xiān). Wiktionary also has 皖景天. 景天 could mean Sedum, and could be Anhui, a region in east China. So maybe jinianum comes from 景天 (jǐng-tiān) meaning Sedum. -84.161.10.140 17:05, 8 April 2017 (UTC)Reply