Comptonia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
New Latin, after Compton + -ia, in reference to Rev. Henry Compton (1632-1713), bishop of Oxford.
Proper noun edit
Comptonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – sweet fern, native to eastern North America.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fagales - order; Myricaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Comptonia peregrina - sole extant species
Further reading edit
Comptonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Comptonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Comptonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Comptonia at USDA Plants database
