Aspidistra
See also: aspidistra and aspidistrą
Translingual
Etymology
The genus was named by the English botanist John Ker Gawler in 1822, by joining ἀσπίς, shield, to an ending that imitated the name of the sister genus Tupistra.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Asparagaceae - family; Nolinoideae - subfamily; Convallarieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aspidistra lurida - type species
References
- Aspidistra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aspidistra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aspidistra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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