Penstemon
See also: penstemon
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From the specific epithet of Chelone pentstemon, the name used by Carl Linnaeus for Penstemon laevigatus, a blend of Ancient Greek πεντα- (penta-, “five”) + στήμων (stḗmōn, “thread”), because of its sterile fifth stamen (staminode).[1]
Proper noun edit
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- A taxonomic genus within the family Plantaginaceae – the beardtongues, native to east Asia and North America.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Plantaginaceae - family; Cheloneae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus): Penstemon hirsutus - type species; for other species see Penstemon on WikispeciesWikispecies or Penstemon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References edit
- Penstemon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Penstemon on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Penstemon on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Penstemon at USDA Plants database
- ^ “penstemon, 140375.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.