Mentzelia

See also: mentzelia

Translingual

Mentzelia laevicaulis

Etymology 1

From German Mentzel (“a surname”) +‎ -ia; named by Linnaeus in 1753 after German botanist and sinologist Christian Mentzel. See Christian Mentzel on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr.

Proper noun

Mentzelia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Loasaceae – certain flowering plants of the Americas, called blazingstars or stickleafs.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Loasaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mentzelia aspera - type species; Mentzelia affinis, Mentzelia albescens, Mentzelia albicaulis, Mentzelia chrysantha, Mentzelia congesta, Mentzelia conzattii, Mentzelia cordifolia, Mentzelia crocea, Mentzelia decapetala, Mentzelia densa, Mentzelia desertorum, Mentzelia dispersa, Mentzelia eremophila, Mentzelia fendleriana, Mentzelia goodrichii, Mentzelia gracilenta, Mentzelia hirsutissima, Mentzelia involucrata, Mentzelia inyoensis, Mentzelia jonesii, Mentzelia laciniata, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia leucophylla, Mentzelia lindleyi, Mentzelia micrantha, Mentzelia mollis, Mentzelia montana, Mentzelia multiflora, Mentzelia nitens, Mentzelia nuda, Mentzelia oligosperma, Mentzelia oreophila, Mentzelia packardiae, Mentzelia parvifolia, Mentzelia pectinata, Mentzelia polita, Mentzelia pumila, Mentzelia reflexa, Mentzelia rhizomata, Mentzelia rusbyi, Mentzelia scabra, Mentzelia springeri, Mentzelia tiehmii, Mentzelia todiltoensis, Mentzelia torreyi, Mentzelia tricuspis, Mentzelia vietchiana (species)

Etymology 2

From German Mentzel (“a surname”) +‎ -ia. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Proper noun

†Mentzelia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Spiriferinidae – certain extinct brachiopods.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Brachiopoda - phylum; Rhynchonellata - class; †Spiriferinida - order; Spiriferinidina - suborder; Spiriferinoidea - superfamily; Spiriferinidae - family; Mentzeliinae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mentzelia mentzeli - type species.
  • For additional species see Mentzelia at Paleobiology Database.

References

flowering plant

• Mentzelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mentzelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mentzelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mentzelia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mentzeli at The Plant List
• Mentzelia at USDA Plants database

extinct brachiopods

• Mentzelia at Paleobiology Database