Bassia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Bassia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – smotherweeds.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Abylidae – a single species of bioluminescent hydrozoans.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Amaranthaceae – family; Camphorosmoideae - subfamily; Camphorosmeae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in): Bassia muricata - type species; Bassia hyssopifolia (fivehorn smotherweed), Bassia prostrata (forage kochia, prostrate summer-cypress), Bassia scoparia (burningbush, belvedere, kochia, Mexican fireweed, Mexican firebrush); for other species see Bassia (Amaranthaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• (genus in Abylidae): Bassia bassensis - sole accepted species

References

in Amaranthaceae

• Bassia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bassia (Amaranthaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bassia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

in Abylidae

• Bassia (hydrozoan) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bassia Agassiz on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bassia (Hydrozoa) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons