Cleistocactus
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed”, adjective) + New Latin cactus m (“cactus”)
Pronunciation
- English: (US) IPA(key): /ˌklaɪs.toʊˈkæk.təs/, /ˌkleɪs.toʊˈkæk.təs/
Proper noun
Cleistocactus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – cleistocactuses, of mountainous near-equatorial South America.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Cactaceae – family; Cactoideae – subfamily; Cereeae – tribe; Trichocereinae – subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Cleistocactus baumannii (firecracker cactus, scarlet bugler) – type species
Descendants
- → English: cleistocactus
- → Polish: kleistokaktus
- → Russian: клейстока́ктус (klejstokáktus)
- → Serbo-Croatian: klejstokaktus
- → Slovak: kleistokaktus
References
- Cleistocactus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cleistocactus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cleistocactus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons