Tagetes
See also: tagetes
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin Tages, from an Etruscan deity. Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707–1778).[1][2]
Proper noun
Tagetes f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering plants native to the New World often called marigolds (along with those of the related genus Calendula).
Hypernyms
- (tribe): 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; Asteroideae - subfamily; Tageteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Tagetes patula - type species
References
- Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
- Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
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