Aucklandia

Translingual

Etymology

From English Auckland +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Aucklandia f

(archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Saussurea costus (syn., Aucklandia lappa), a plant found in the Himalayas, used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine, called costus, pachak, or kuth.

Hypernyms

(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; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

References

Aucklandia lappa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aucklandia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saussurea costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Aucklandia at the Catalogue of Life
Aucklandia at Encyclopedia of Life
Aucklandia at The Plant List

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