Xanthosoma
Translingual
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Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Etymology
New Latin, xantho- + -soma, from Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”) + σῶμα (sôma, “body”)
Proper noun
Xanthosoma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Araceae – many tropical American arums, several of which are starchy food staples.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; "Angiospermae" - superclass; Magnoliopsida - class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order; Araceae - family; Caladieae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Xanthosoma sagittifolium - type species; for other species see
Xanthosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Coordinate terms
- (genus in Caladieae): Caladium, Chlorospatha, Hapaline, Jasarum, Scaphispatha, Syngonium - genera
References
Xanthosoma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xanthosoma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Xanthosoma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Xanthosoma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Xanthosoma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Xanthosoma at Encyclopedia of Life
- Xanthosoma at USDA Plants database
- Aroideae at APWeb
- Xanthosoma at The Plant List