Apocynum

Apocynum

Translingual

Apocynum androsaemifolium, spreading dogbane, fly-trap dogbane

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin apocynon, Aconitum lycoctonum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόκυνον (apókunon), Cionura erecta ( <= Marsdenia erecta)

Proper noun

Apocynum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – dogbane.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Gentianales - order; Apocynaceae - family; Apocynoideae - subfamily; Apocyneae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Apocynum androsaemifolium - type species; Apocynum cannabinum, Apocynum pictum, Apocynum sarmatiense, Apocynum venetum - species; Apocynum × floribundum - nothospecies

References

• Apocynum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Apocynum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Apocynum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Apocynum at USDA Plants database
• Apocynum at Tropicos
• Apocynum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Apocynum at the Catalogue of Life 
• Apocynum at Encyclopedia of Life
• Apocynum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Apocyneae at APWeb
• Apocynum at The Plant List