Actaea

See also: actaea

Translingual

Etymology 1

Actaea spicata (type species)

From Latin actaea (“baneberry”).

Proper noun

Actaea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – baneberry or bugbane, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Actaeeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Actaea sect. Actaea, Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, Actaea sect. Dichanthera, Actaea sect. Oligocarpae, Actaea sect. Pityrosperma, Actaea sect. Podocarpae, Actaea sect. Souliea - section
  • Actaea spicata - type species; Actaea arizonica (Arizona bugbane), Actaea elata (tall bugbane), Actaea laciniata (Mt. Hood bugbane), Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry), Actaea podocarpa (mountain bugbane), Actaea racemosa (black cohosh), Actaea rubifolia (Appalachian bugbane), Actaea rubra (red baneberry) - selected species; Actaea × ludovici - selected nothospecies

References

• Actaea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Actaea (Ranunculaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Actaea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Actaea at USDA Plants database
• Actaea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Actaea at the Catalogue of Life 
• Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Actaea at The Plant List

Etymology 2

Specimen of Actaea semblatae in National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan

The nereid Actaea, Ἁκταία, from Ancient Greek ἁκτή (haktḗ, “coast, shore”) +‎ -a

Proper noun

Actaea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Xanthidae – various mud crabs.
2. (astronomy) The moon of the possible dwarf planet Salacia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Xanthoidea - superfamily; Xanthidae - family; Actaeinae

Hyponyms

• (genus): For species see Actaea (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Actaea (crab) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Actaea (Xanthidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Xanthidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Actaea at World Register of Marine Species
• Actaea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Actaea at the Catalogue of Life 
• Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Actaea at Paleobiology Database