Strophanthus

See also: strophanthus

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “(twisted) cord”) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”).

Proper noun

Strophanthus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – plants found in Africa and in tropical and subtropical Asia that produce toxic alkaloids and cardiac glycosides.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Apocynoideae - subfamily; Nerieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• For species see Strophanthus on WikispeciesWikispecies or Strophanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Strophanthus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Strophanthus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Strophanthus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Strophanthus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Strophanthus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Strophanthus at The Plant List
• Strophanthus at USDA Plants database