Villarsia

Translingual

Etymology

Named after the French botanist Dominique Villars (1745-1814).

Proper noun

Villarsia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Menyanthaceae – aquatic plants, principally found in Australia and South Africa.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Villarsia capensis (large Cape bogbean) - type species

References

• Villarsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Villarsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Villarsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons