Erodium
See also: erodium
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.
Proper noun
editErodium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Geraniales - order; Geraniaceae - family
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium - subgenera
- Erodium crassifolium - type species; Erodium ciconium (common stork's bill), Erodium cicutarium (redstem stork's bill) - selected other species
Further reading
edit- Erodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Erodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Erodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Erodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Erodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Erodium at USDA Plants database
- Erodium at Tropicos
- Erodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Erodium at Plants of the World Online
- Erodium at World Register of Marine Species