Aconitum
See also: aconitum
Translingual
Aconitum napellus
Etymology
From Latin aconītum (“monk's hood, wolfsbane”), from Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton).
Proper noun
Aconitum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants in the buttercup family, with over 250 species; aconites, wolfbanes, monkhoods.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Aconiteae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Aconitum subg. Aconitum, Aconitum subg. Lycoctonum, Aconitum subg. Paraconitum - subgenera
- Aconitum napellus (monk's hood) - type species; Aconitum anthora (healing wolfsbane, yellow monkshood), Aconitum variegatum, Aconitum noveboracense (northern blue monkshood), Aconitum carmichaelii (Carmichael's monkshood, Chinese wolfsbane), Aconitum ferox (Indian aconite), Aconitum lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane) - selected other species; for other species see
Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Aconitum napellus (monk's hood) - type species; Aconitum anthora (healing wolfsbane, yellow monkshood), Aconitum variegatum, Aconitum noveboracense (northern blue monkshood), Aconitum carmichaelii (Carmichael's monkshood, Chinese wolfsbane), Aconitum ferox (Indian aconite), Aconitum lycoctonum (northern wolfsbane) - selected other species; for other species see
References
Aconitum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Aconitum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Aconitum at USDA Plants database
- Aconitum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Aconitum at Encyclopedia of Life
- Aconitum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Aconitum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Aconitum at Tropicos
- Aconitum at The Plant List