Eriophorum

See also: eriophorum

Translingual

Eriophorum vaginatum

Etymology

From Latin eriophoros, from Ancient Greek ἐριοφόρος (eriophóros, “wool-bearer”).

Proper noun

Eriophorum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cyperaceae – cottongrass, found in acidic bogs, especially in the Arctic.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Scirpeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Eriophorum vaginatum (hare's-tail cottongrass, tussock cottongrass, sheathed cottonsedge) - type species; Eriophorum angustifolium (common cottongrass, common cottonsedge), Eriophorum brachyantherum (closed-sheath cotton-grass, short-anthered cotton-grass, northland cottonsedge), Eriophorum callitrix (Arctic cotton, Arctic cottongrass), Eriophorum chamissonis (russett cotton-grass), Eriophorum gracile (slender cottongrass, slender cottonsedge), Eriophorum latifolium (broad-leaved bog-cotton, broad leaved cotton grass), Eriophorum scheuchzeri (Scheuchzer's cottongrass, white cottongrass), Eriophorum tenellum (few-nerved cottongrass, rough cottongrass), Eriophorum virginicum (tawny cottongrass), Eriophorum viridicarinatum (thinleaf cottonsedge, green-keeled cottongrass, bog cottongrass) - selected other species

References

• Eriophorum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Eriophorum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Eriophorum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Eriophorum at USDA Plants database
• Eriophorum at Tropicos
• Eriophorum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Eriophorum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Eriophorum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Eriophorum at The Plant List