Asteriscus
See also: asteriscus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀςερίσκος (aserískos, “small star”). The name was used by Joseph Pitton de Tournefort because the chalice (calyx) is in the form of a star.
Hypernyms
- (tribe): 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
References
- Asteriscus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Asteriscus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Asteriscus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pitton Tournefort (1694) Elemens de botanique, ou Methode pour connoître les plantes, Paris, page 399
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