Helianthus
See also: helianthus
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
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; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Helianthinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Helianthus sect. Agrestes, Helianthus sect. Ciliares, Helianthus sect. Helianthus - sections
- Helianthus annuus - type species; Helianthus tuberosus; Helianthus giganteus - selected species; see Helianthus at The Plant List for additional species and synonyms.
References
- Helianthus at USDA Plants database
- Helianthus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Helianthus at the Catalogue of Life
- Helianthus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Helianthus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Helianthus at The Plant List
- Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
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