Tillandsia
See also: tillandsia
Translingual
Etymology
Swedish Tillandz + -ia f, named after Swedish doctor and botanist Elias Tillandz, with a Latinized spelling.
Proper noun
Tillandsia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Bromeliaceae – airplants; epiphytes found in the tropical and semitropical Americas.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Bromeliaceae – family; Tillandsioideae - subfamily; Tillandsieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tillandsia utriculata - type species
References
- Tillandsia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tillandsia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tillandsia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons