Pachysandra

See also: pachysandra

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Pachysandra f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Buxaceae – four or five species of evergreen shrubs or subshrubs, related to the boxwoods used ornamentally as groundcover.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Buxales - order; Buxaceae - family; Stylocerateae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pachysandra procumbens (Allegheny spurge) - type species; Pachysandra axillaris, Pachysandra terminalis (Japanese spurge) - other extant species

References

• Pachysandra on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pachysandra on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pachysandra on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pachysandra at Plants of the World Online
• Pachysandra at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Pachysandra at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Pachysandra at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Stylocerateae at APWeb
• Pachysandra at USDA Plants database