Echinacea

See also: echinacea

Translingual

Etymology 1

Echinus esculentus, a species in superorder Echinacea

From (translingual) Echinus (“genus of sea urchins”) +‎ -acea, a suffix indicating superfamily names.

Proper noun

Echinacea

1. A taxonomic superorder within the class Echinoidea – sea urchins with solid spines and gills.

Hypernyms

• (superorder): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum; Echinozoa - subphylum; Echinoidea - class

Hyponyms

• (superorder): Arbacioida, Echinoida, Phymosomatoida, Salenioida, Temnopleuroida - orders

References

• Echinacea (animal) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinacea (Euechinoidea) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Echinacea purpurea

From Latin echinus (“sea urchin”) +‎ -acea (“resembling”).

Proper noun

Echinacea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the coneflowers.

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; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower) - type species, Echinacea sanguinea (sanguine purple-coneflower), Echinacea angustifolia (blacksamson echinacea), Echinacea atrorubens (Topeka purple coneflower), Echinacea laevigata (smooth coneflower), Echinacea pallida (pale purple coneflower), Echinacea paradoxa (yellow coneflower), Echinacea serotina (eastern purple coneflower), Echinacea simulata (wavy-leaf purple coneflower), Echinacea tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower) - other species

References

• Echinacea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Echinacea (Asteraceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Echinacea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Echinacea at The Plant List