Actaea
See also: actaea
Translingual
Proper noun
Actaea f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – baneberry or bugbane, flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Actaeeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Actaea sect. Actaea, Actaea sect. Cimicifuga, Actaea sect. Dichanthera, Actaea sect. Oligocarpae, Actaea sect. Pityrosperma, Actaea sect. Podocarpae, Actaea sect. Souliea - section
- Actaea spicata - type species; Actaea arizonica (Arizona bugbane), Actaea elata (tall bugbane), Actaea laciniata (Mt. Hood bugbane), Actaea pachypoda (white baneberry), Actaea podocarpa (mountain bugbane), Actaea racemosa (black cohosh), Actaea rubifolia (Appalachian bugbane), Actaea rubra (red baneberry) - selected species; Actaea × ludovici - selected nothospecies
References
- Actaea at USDA Plants database
- Actaea on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Actaea at the Catalogue of Life
- Actaea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Actaea at The Plant List
Etymology 2
Specimen of Actaea semblatae in National Museum of Natural Science in Taiwan
From Ancient Greek ἁκτή (haktḗ, “coast, shore”) + -a
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Xanthoidea - superfamily; Xanthidae - family; Actaeinae
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
References
- Actaea at World Register of Marine Species
- Actaea on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Actaea at the Catalogue of Life
- Actaea at Encyclopedia of Life
- Actaea at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Actaea at Fossilworks
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