Lolium

See also: lolium

Translingual

Lolium temulentum

Etymology

From Latin lolium (“darnel, tares, cockle”).

Proper noun

Lolium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – tufted grasses that include the ryegrasses.

Synonyms

• (genus of grasses): darnel, tare

Hypernyms

• (genus of grasses): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Pooideae - subfamily; Poeae - tribe; Loliinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) - type species; Lolium canariense (Canary Islands ryegrass), Lolium edwardii, Lolium multiflorum (Italian ryegrass), Lolium persicum (Persian ryegrass or Persian darnel), Lolium remotum, Lolium rigidum (stiff darnel, wimmera ryegrass), Lolium temulentum (darnel, poison darnel) - other species

References

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