Mussaenda

Translingual

Mussaenda frondosa

Alternative forms

• Mussænda

Etymology

New Latin, from Sinhalese මුස්සැන්ද (mussænda, “Mussaenda frondosa”).

The first appearance as a scientific name was in Species Plantarum by C. Linnaeus, but it is precedented by a mention by Paul Hermann in his Musaeum Zeylanicum.

Proper noun

Mussaenda f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – shrubs, climbers and trees, calyx lobes often enlarged and coloured.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mussaenda frondosa (wild mussaenda, dhobi tree) - type species

References

• Mussaenda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mussaenda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mussaenda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons