Forsythia

See also: forsythia

Translingual

Forsythia shrub

Etymology

Forsyth +‎ -ia, after William Forsyth (horticulturist)

Proper noun

Forsythia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Oleaceae – the forsythias, native to Eurasia, principally east Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Oleaceae - family; Forsythieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Forsythia sect. Forsythia, Forsythia sect. Giralidianae - sections
  • Forsythia × intermedia (showy forsythia), Forsythia × kobendzae, Forsythia × variabilis - nothospecies
    • Forsythia suspensa (weeping forsythia) - type species; Forsythia europaea, Forsythia giraldiana (early forsythia), Forsythia japonica, Forsythia koreana, Forsythia likiangensis, Forsythia mandschurica, Forsythia mira, Forsythia ovata (early forsythia, Korean forsythia), Forsythia saxatilis, Forsythia togashii, Forsythia velutina, Forsythia viridissima (greenstem forsythia) - species

References

• Forsythia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Forsythia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Forsythia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Forsythia at USDA Plants database
• Forsythia at Germplasm Resources Information Network