Penstemon

See also: penstemon

Translingual

Etymology

From the specific epithet of Chelone pentstemon, the name used by Carl Linnaeus for Penstemon laevigatus, a blend of Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-, “five”) +‎ στήμων (stḗmōn, “thread”), because of its sterile fifth stamen (staminode).

Proper noun

Penstemon m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – the beardtongues, native to east Asia and North America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Plantaginaceae - family; Cheloneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Penstemon hirsutus - type species; for other species see Penstemon on WikispeciesWikispecies or Penstemon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Descendants

• → Armenian: պենտստեմոն (pentstemon) (learned)
• → English: penstemon (learned)
• → French: penstemon (learned)
• → Lithuanian: penstemonas (learned)
• → Russian: пенстемон (penstemon) (learned)
• → Swedish: penstemon (learned)

 

References

• Penstemon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Penstemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Penstemon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Penstemon at USDA Plants database