Plumbago

See also: plumbago

Translingual

Plumbago europea growth habit

Plumbago auriculata flower

Etymology

Latin plumbago (“galena, graphite, Plumbago europaea”)

Proper noun

Plumbago f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – leadworts.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.

Hypernyms

• (genus in Plumbaginaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Plumbaginaceae - family; Plumbaginoideae - subfamily
• (genus in Hesperiidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus of plant): Plumbago europaea - type species; Plumbago amplexicaulis, Plumbago aphylla, Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago ciliata, Plumbago caerulea, Plumbago dawei, Plumbago esquirolii, Plumbago glandulicaulis, Plumbago indica, Plumbago juncea, Plumbago lanceolata, Plumbago madagascariensis, Plumbago montis-elgonis, Plumbago pearsonii, Plumbago pulchella, Plumbago stenophylla, Plumbago toxicaria, Plumbago tristis, Plumbago wissii, Plumbago zeylanica - other species
• (genus of butterfly): Plumbago plumbago - type species; Plumbago pulverea, Plumbago serapion - other species

Derived terms

• plumbaginin

References

plant

• Plumbago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plumbago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Plumbago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Plumbago at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Plumbago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Plumbago at USDA Plants database
• Plumbaginoideae at APWeb
• Plumbago at Plants of the World Online

butterfly

• Plumbago (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plumbago (Pyrginae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Pyrgini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Pyrgini at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Plumbago at the Catalogue of Life 
• Pyrginae at National Center for Biotechnology Information