Saussurea

Translingual

Saussurea alpina subsp. depressa

Etymology

After Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (taxonomist and entomologist) +‎ -a

Proper noun

Saussurea f

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – some called saw-worts.

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; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Saussurea nuda (syn. Serratula alpina) (dwarf saw-wort) - type species; Saussurea costus (kuth), Saussurea alpina (common saw-wort), Saussurea americana (American saw-wort), Saussurea angustifolia (narrowleaf saw-wort), Saussurea densa (clustered saw-wort), Saussurea involucrata (snow lotus), Saussurea nuda (nutty saw-wort), Saussurea obvallata (Brahma kamal), Saussurea viscida (sticky saw-wort), Saussurea weberi (Weber's saw-wort) - selected other species

References

Saussurea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Saussurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saussurea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Saussurea at USDA Plants database

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