Arnica

Medieval Latin, of unknown origin. First attested in Matthaeus Silvaticus, possibly identical to Matthaeus Platearius. Because both heavily employed Arabic sources it gave rise to speculations of Arabic origin; from words existing in Arabic, دَرَوْنَج (darawnaj, “leopardsbane”) is the closest candidate, whence also Doronicum descends. Other origins suggested include a derivation of Latin *arna (“lamb”), corrupt of agna, or a deformation of Latin ptarmica (“sneezewort”) from Ancient Greek πταρμική (ptarmikḗ, “sneezewort”), from πτάρνυμαι (ptárnumai, “to sneeze”).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the arnica plants.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Madieae - tribe

• (genus): Arnica montana - type species; for other species see Arnica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Arnica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Arnica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Arnica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Arnica at USDA Plants database
• Arnica at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Arnica”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, pages 77b–78b