Caesalpinia

See also: caesalpinia

Translingual

Caesalpinia sappan

Caesalpinia crista

Caesalpinia vesicaria

Etymology

From Italian Cesalpino (“surname”) +‎ -ia f. Named after Italian botanist Andrea Cesalpino. Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus in 1753.

Proper noun

Caesalpinia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – nickers, brazilwoods, holdbacks and similar trees and shrubs, found from Peru and Mexico to the Bahamas.
   • 1753, Carl Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, volume 1, Cæsalpinia., page 380:

     1. CÆSALPINIA foliolis obovatis integerrimus.

     1. CAESALPINIA has the most obovate leaf.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Caesalpinioideae - subfamily; Caesalpinieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Caesalpinia brasiliensis - type species; Caesalpinia sappan, Caesalpinia coriaria, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, Caesalpinia echinata, Caesalpinia crista - selected other species; for other species see Caesalpinia on WikispeciesWikispecies or Caesalpinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Descendants

• → English: caesalpinia (learned)
• → French: césalpinie f (learned)

References

• Caesalpinia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caesalpinia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Caesalpinia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caesalpinia at USDA Plants database