Sanicula

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sānicula, first attested in Hildegard of Bingen, probably originally meaning Sanicula europaea, derived from sānāre (“to heal”), also sānāria, however also used for various not closely related plants and also a synonym of dispēnsāria used by Linnaeus as Diapensaria.

Proper noun

Sanicula f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apiaceae – sanicles, black snakeroots, and closely related species.

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II - clades; Apiales - order; Apiaceae - family; Saniculoideae  - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Sanicula europaea (wood sanicle) - type species

References

• Genaust, Helmut (1996) “Sanicula”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen (in German), 3^rd edition, Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, →ISBN, pages 555b–556a