Aspidistra

See also: aspidistra and aspidistrą

Translingual

Aspidistra elatior

Etymology

The genus was named by the English botanist John Ker Gawler in 1822, by joining ἀσπίς, shield, to an ending that imitated the name of the sister genus Tupistra.

Proper noun

Aspidistra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – the aspidistras.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots – clades; Asparagales – order; Asparagaceae - family; Nolinoideae - subfamily; Convallarieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aspidistra lurida - type species

References

• Aspidistra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aspidistra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aspidistra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons