Empetrum
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἔμπετρον (émpetron, “sea heath”).
Proper noun edit
Empetrum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – crowberries.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Ericaceae - family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Empetreae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Empetrum nigrum (crowberry or black crowberry) - type species; Empetrum eamesii (rockberry or purple crowberry), Empetrum rubrum (red crowberry) - species
References edit
Empetrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Empetrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Empetrum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Empetrum at USDA Plants database
- Empetrum at Tropicos
- Empetrum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Empetrum at Encyclopedia of Life
- Empetrum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Empetrum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Empetrum at The Plant List
