Silphium
See also: silphium
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin silphium, from Ancient Greek σίλφιον (sílphion, “laserwort”).
Proper noun
Silphium n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rosinweed.
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; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Engelmanniinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Silphium asteriscus (starry rosinweed) - type species
References
- Silphium (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Silphium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Silphium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Silphium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Silphium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Silphium at USDA Plants database
- Silphium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Silphium at Tropicos
- Silphium at The Plant List