Epimedium

See also: epimedium

Translingual

Epimedium alpinum

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Latin epimedion, from Ancient Greek ἐπιμήδιον (epimḗdion, thought to be Epimedium alpinum).

Proper noun

Epimedium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Berberidaceae – horny goat weed and related plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots – clades; Ranunculales – order; Berberidaceae – family; Berberidoideae - subfamily; Berberideae - tribe; Epimediinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Epimedium alpinum - type species; Epimedium acuminatum, Epimedium brevicornu, Epimedium davidii, Epimedium diphyllum, Epimedium dolichostemon, Epimedium fangii, Epimedium fargesii, Epimedium franchetii, Epimedium grandiflorum, Epimedium koreanum, Epimedium latisepalum, Epimedium macranthum, Epimedium membranaceum, Epimedium mikinorii, Epimedium perralderianum, Epimedium pinnatum, Epimedium pubescens, Epimedium pubigerum, Epimedium sagittatum, Epimedium sempervirens, Epimedium stellulatum, Epimedium wushanense - other species

References

• Epimedium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Epimedium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Epimedium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Epimedium at USDA Plants database
• Epimedium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Epimedium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Epimedium at The Plant List