Aconitum
See also: aconitum
Translingual
Etymology
From Latin aconītum (“monk's hood, wolfsbane”), from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton).
Proper noun
Aconitum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants in the buttercup family, with over 250 species; aconites, wolfsbanes, monkshoods.
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; Aconiteae – tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aconitum subg. Aconitum, Aconitum subg. Lycoctonum, Aconitum subg. Paraconitum – subgenera
- Aconitum napellus (monk's hood) – type species; Aconitum anthora (healing wolfsbane, yellow monkshood), Aconitum variegatum, Aconitum noveboracense (northern blue monkshood), Aconitum carmichaelii (Carmichael's monkshood, Chinese wolfsbane), Aconitum ferox (Indian aconite), Aconitum lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane) – selected other species; for other species see Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Aconitum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Aconitum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aconitum at USDA Plants database
- Aconitum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aconitum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Aconitum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Aconitum at Tropicos
- Aconitum at The Plant List