Persicaria

See also: persicaria

Translingual

Persicaria maculosa (lady's thumb)

Etymology

From Late Latin persicaria, from persicum (“peach”).

Proper noun

Persicaria f

A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – the smartweeds or pinkweeds.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Polygonaceae - family; Polygonoideae - subfamily; Persicariea - tribe; Persicariinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon, Persicaria sect. Echinocaulon, Persicaria sect. Persicaria, Persicaria sect. Tovara - sections
- Persicaria maculosa (lady's thumb) - type species

Coordinate terms

(genus in Persicarieae): Bistorta, Cephalophilon, Koenigia - genera

References

Persicaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Persicaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Persicaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Persicaria at The Plant List

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