Plumbago

See also: plumbago

Translingual

Plumbago europea growth habit

Plumbago auriculata flower

Etymology

Latin plumbago (“galena, graphite, Plumbago europaea”)

Proper noun

Plumbago f

A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – the leadworts.
A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.

Hypernyms

(genus in Plumbaginaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Plumbaginaceae - family; Plumbaginoideae - subfamily
(genus in Hesperiidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus of plant): Plumbago europaea - type species; Plumbago amplexicaulis, Plumbago aphylla, Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago ciliata, Plumbago caerulea, Plumbago dawei, Plumbago esquirolii, Plumbago glandulicaulis, Plumbago indica, Plumbago juncea, Plumbago lanceolata, Plumbago madagascariensis, Plumbago montis-elgonis, Plumbago pearsonii, Plumbago pulchella, Plumbago stenophylla, Plumbago toxicaria, Plumbago tristis, Plumbago wissii, Plumbago zeylanica - other species
(genus of butterfly): Plumbago plumbago - type species; Plumbago pulverea, Plumbago serapion - other species

Derived terms

plumbaginin

References

plant

Plumbago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plumbago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Plumbago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Plumbago on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Plumbago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Plumbago at Encyclopedia of Life
Plumbago at USDA Plants database
Plumbaginoideae at APWeb
Plumbago at The Plant List

butterfly

Plumbago (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Plumbago (Pyrginae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Pyrgini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Pyrgini on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Plumbago at the Catalogue of Life
Pyrginae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Plumbago at Encyclopedia of Life
Plumbago at the Tree of Life Web Project

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