Helianthus
See also: helianthus
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Helianthus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the sunflowers.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Helianthinae - subtribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Helianthus sect. Agrestes, Helianthus sect. Ciliares, Helianthus sect. Helianthus - sections
- Helianthus annuus - type species; Helianthus tuberosus; Helianthus giganteus - selected species; see Helianthus at The Plant List for additional species and synonyms.
References edit
Helianthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Helianthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Helianthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Helianthus at USDA Plants database
- Helianthus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Helianthus at the Catalogue of Life
- Helianthus at Encyclopedia of Life
- Helianthus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Helianthus at The Plant List
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.