The New Latin name Dahlia, is genus name, which comes from the Swedish botanist Anders Dahl (1751-1787), the one who discovered this genus.
Dahlia is a noun which refers to any of a number of plants belonging to the genus Dahlia. These are native to the mountainous regions of Central America, Mexico as well as Colombia. They possess tuberous roots along with rayed, showy, variously coloured flower heads. The name is also used to refer to the flower head belonging to any of these plants.
An interesting additional piece of information is that the name "Black Dahlia" was given to a notorious murder case that took place in Los Angeles in 1940's which has given rise to a number of documentaries on the same including a 1975 TV movie and a Hollywood movie starring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
Dahlia is a noun which refers to any of a number of plants belonging to the genus Dahlia. These are native to the mountainous regions of Central America, Mexico as well as Colombia. They possess tuberous roots along with rayed, showy, variously coloured flower heads. The name is also used to refer to the flower head belonging to any of these plants.
An interesting additional piece of information is that the name "Black Dahlia" was given to a notorious murder case that took place in Los Angeles in 1940's which has given rise to a number of documentaries on the same including a 1975 TV movie and a Hollywood movie starring Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.
