Erodium
See also: erodium
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.
Proper noun
Erodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Geraniales - order; Geraniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium - subgenera
- Erodium crassifolium - type species; Erodium ciconium (common stork's bill), Erodium cicutarium (redstem stork's bill) - selected other species
Further reading
Erodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Erodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Erodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Erodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Erodium at Encyclopedia of Life
- Erodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Erodium at USDA Plants database
- Erodium at Tropicos
- Erodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Erodium at Plants of the World Online
- Erodium at World Register of Marine Species
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