Cheirolophus
Translingual
Etymology
cheiro- (“Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír, “hand, arm, palm, finger”)”) + Ancient Greek λόφος (lóphos, “crest”), with influence from the Latinizing of Ancient Greek, suffixing with + -us.
Proper noun
Cheirolophus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – certain flowering plants native to the western Mediterranean.
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; Centaureinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cheirolophus crassifolius (Maltese centaury) - selected species
References
- Cheirolophus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cheirolophus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cheirolophus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons