Proboscidea
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek πρό (pró, “in front”) + βόσκω (bóskō, “to feed”).
Proper noun edit
Proboscidea
- A taxonomic order within the clade Paenungulata – the elephants.
- (Proboscidea f) A taxonomic genus within the family Martyniaceae – certain New World flowering plants.
Hypernyms edit
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria - subclass; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Afrotheria - superorder; Paenungulata - clade
- (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; Martyniaceae - family
Hyponyms edit
- (order): Elephantidae (family)
- †Anthracobunidae, †Deinotheriidae, †Gomphotheriidae, †Mammutidae, †Moeritheriidae, †Stegodontidae, (extinct families)
- †Arcanotherium, †Eritreum, †Numidotherium (genera incertae sedis, all extinct)
- (genus): Proboscidea louisianica (ram's horn) - type species; Proboscidea althaeifolia (devil's horn, devil's claw, desert unicorn plant), Proboscidea diversifolia, Proboscidea parviflora (doubleclaw, red devil's claw), Proboscidea triloba, Proboscidea sabulosa (dune unicorn plant), Proboscidea spicata (New Mexico unicorn plant) (other species)
Derived terms edit
- Proboscidea lutea (yellow unicorn plant, syn. of Ibicella lutea)
References edit
- (order of mammals):
Proboscidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Proboscidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Proboscidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Proboscidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Proboscidea in Mammal Species of the World[1] at Bucknell.
- Proboscidea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Proboscidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Proboscidea at Paleobiology Database
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
- (genus of plants):
- Proboscidea (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Proboscidea (Martyniaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Proboscidea at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Proboscidea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Proboscidea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Proboscidea at USDA Plants database
