Plumbago
See also: plumbago
Translingual
Plumbago europea growth habit
Plumbago auriculata flower
Etymology
Latin plumbago (“galena, graphite, Plumbago europaea”)
Proper noun
Plumbago f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Plumbaginaceae – the leadworts.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain skipper butterflies.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Plumbaginaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots - clades; Caryophyllales - order; Plumbaginaceae - family; Plumbaginoideae - subfamily
- (genus in Hesperiidae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus of plant): Plumbago europaea - type species; Plumbago amplexicaulis, Plumbago aphylla, Plumbago auriculata, Plumbago ciliata, Plumbago caerulea, Plumbago dawei, Plumbago esquirolii, Plumbago glandulicaulis, Plumbago indica, Plumbago juncea, Plumbago lanceolata, Plumbago madagascariensis, Plumbago montis-elgonis, Plumbago pearsonii, Plumbago pulchella, Plumbago stenophylla, Plumbago toxicaria, Plumbago tristis, Plumbago wissii, Plumbago zeylanica - other species
- (genus of butterfly): Plumbago plumbago - type species; Plumbago pulverea, Plumbago serapion - other species
Derived terms
- plumbaginin
References
- plant
Plumbago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Plumbago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Plumbago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Plumbago at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Plumbago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Plumbago at Encyclopedia of Life
- Plumbago at USDA Plants database
- Plumbaginoideae at APWeb
- Plumbago at The Plant List
- butterfly
- Plumbago (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Plumbago (Pyrginae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Pyrgini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Pyrgini at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Plumbago at the Catalogue of Life
- Pyrginae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Plumbago at Encyclopedia of Life