Persicaria

Persicaria

See also: persicaria

Translingual

Persicaria maculosa (lady's thumb)

Etymology

From Late Latin persicaria, from persicum (“peach”).

Proper noun

Persicaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polygonaceae – the smartweeds or pinkweeds.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Polygonaceae - family; Polygonoideae - subfamily; Persicariea - tribe; Persicariinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Persicaria sect. Cephalophilon, Persicaria sect. Echinocaulon, Persicaria sect. Persicaria, Persicaria sect. Tovara - sections
  • Persicaria maculosa (lady's thumb) - type species

Coordinate terms

• (genus in Persicarieae): Bistorta, Cephalophilon, Koenigia - genera

References

• Persicaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Persicaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Persicaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Persicaria at The Plant List