Mussaenda
Translingual edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, “Mussaenda frondosa”).
The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus,[1] but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.[2]
Proper noun edit
Mussaenda f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Rubiaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Mussaenda frondosa (wild mussaenda, dhobi tree) - type species
References edit
Mussaenda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mussaenda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mussaenda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
