Erodium

See also: erodium

Translingual

Erodium crassifolium

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), referring to the resemblance of the elongated fruit of many Erodium species to a heron's elongated bill. Compare vernacular words for plants of this genus such as English storksbill and Dutch reigersbek.

Proper noun

Erodium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Geraniaceae – known as filarees or heron's bills in North America, and as storksbills in the British Isles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Geraniales – order; Geraniaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Erodium subg. Barbata, Erodium subg. Erodium - subgenera
  • Erodium crassifolium - type species; Erodium ciconium (common stork's bill), Erodium cicutarium (redstem stork's bill) - selected other species

Further reading

• Erodium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erodium on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Erodium on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Erodium at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Erodium at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Erodium at USDA Plants database
• Erodium at Tropicos
• Erodium at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Erodium at Plants of the World Online
• Erodium at World Register of Marine Species