Gaylussacia

Translingual

Etymology

From French Gay-Lussac +‎ -ia, after Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac.

Proper noun

Gaylussacia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – a substantial genus with members in semi-tropical to subarctic regions in the Americas, including huckleberries found in eastern North America.

Hypernyms

• (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; Vaccinioideae - subfamily; Vaccinieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Gaylussacia buxifolia - type species; Gaylussacia baccata (black huckleberry), Gaylussacia brachycera (box huckleberry), Gaylussacia dumosa (dwarf huckleberry), Gaylussacia frondosa (blue huckleberry), Gaylussacia mosieri (woolly huckleberry), Gaylussacia tomentosa (hairy-twig huckleberry), Gaylussacia ursina (bear huckleberry) - selected species

Further reading

• Gaylussacia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gaylussacia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Gaylussacia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Gaylussacia at USDA Plants database