Empetrum

Translingual

Empetrum nigrum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμπετρον (émpetron, “sea heath”).

Proper noun

Empetrum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ericaceae – crowberries.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Ericaceae – family; Ericoideae - subfamily; Empetreae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Empetrum nigrum (crowberry or black crowberry) - type species; Empetrum eamesii (rockberry or purple crowberry), Empetrum rubrum (red crowberry) - species

References

• Empetrum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Empetrum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Empetrum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Empetrum at USDA Plants database
• Empetrum at Tropicos
• Empetrum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Empetrum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Empetrum at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Empetrum at The Plant List