Corymbia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Corymbia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Myrtaceae – about 113 species of tree that were classified as Eucalyptus species until the mid-1990s. It includes the bloodwoods, ghost gums and spotted gums, endemic to Australia and New Guinea.

Hypernyms

• (genus of tree): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Myrtales - order; Myrtaceae - family; Myrtoideae - subfamily; Eucalypteae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Corymbia gummifera - type species; Corymbia subg. Blakella, Corymbia subg. Corymbia - subgenera; for other species see Corymbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Coordinate terms

• (genus): Angophora, Eucalyptus - other genera called eucalypts

References

• Corymbia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Corymbia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Corymbia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Corymbia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Corymbia at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Corymbia at Tropicos