Pinus

See also: pinus

Translingual

Pinus contorta

Etymology

From Latin pīnus.

Proper noun

Pinus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – pines.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Pinaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pinus subg. Ducampopinus, Pinus subg. Pinus, Pinus subg. Strobus - subgenera
  • Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine) - type species; Pinus cembra (Swiss pine, arolla pine, Swiss stone pine), Pinus contorta (lodgepole pine), Pinus mugo (mountain pine, mugo pine), Pinus nigra (Eurasian black pine), Pinus palustris (longleaf pine), Pinus pinaster (maritime pine, Pinus pinea (stone pine, umbrella pine), Pinus radiata (Monterey pine, radiata pine), cluster pine), Pinus resinosa (red pine), Pinus roxburghii (chir pine), Pinus strobus (eastern white pine), Pinus taeda (loblolly pine) - selected other species; for others see List of Pinus species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• pinene
• pinicorretiin
• pinifolic acid
• pinipicrin
• pinitol
• pinobanksin
• pinocembrin
• pinostrobin
• pinosylvin
• pinosylvinmonomethylether

 

References

• Pinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pinus at USDA Plants database
• Pinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Pinus at Gymnosperms Database