Porocystis
Translingual
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Second part is apparently Ancient Greek κύστις”)
Proper noun
Porocystis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sapindaceae – certain trees of South America.
- Carex sect. Porocystis, certain sedges (Cyperaceae).
- (†Porocystis) A taxonomic genus within the family Dasycladaceae – certain extinct chlorophytes.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Sapindaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Sapindales - order; Sapindaceae - family; Sapindoideae - subfamily
- (section in Carex): Poales - order; Cyperaceae - family; Cyperoideae - subfamily; Cariceae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Sapindaceae): Porocystis toulicioides - type species; Porocystis acuminata - other species
- (section in Carex): Carex bushii (Bush's sedge), Carex caroliniana (Carolina sedge), Carex complanata (hirsute sedge), Carex hirsutella (fuzzy wuzzy sedge), Carex pallescens (pale sedge), Carex swanii (Swan's sedge), Carex torreyi (Torrey's sedge), Carex virescens (ribbed sedge) - species
References
- South American trees
Porocystis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Sapindoideae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Porocystis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Porocystis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Porocystis at Tropicos
- Porocystis at The Plant List
- sedges
- Carex on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Carex on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Carex on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- chlorophytes
- Porocystis Cragin on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Dasycladaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Porocystis at Paleology Database