Aucklandia

Translingual

Etymology

From English Auckland +‎ -ia.

Proper noun

Aucklandia f

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Saussurea costus (syn., Aucklandia lappa), a plant found in the Himalayas, used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine, called costus, pachak, or kuth.

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; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

References

• Aucklandia lappa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aucklandia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Saussurea costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Aucklandia at the Catalogue of Life 
• Aucklandia at The Plant List