Mesembryanthemum

See also: mesembryanthemum

Translingual

Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Etymology

Taxonomic Latin, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) and ἔμβρυον (émbruon, “embryo" or "pistil”) and ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).

Proper noun

Mesembryanthemum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Aizoaceae – many succulents indigenous to South Africa, ice plant or icicle plants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Aizoaceae – family; Mesembryanthemoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum - type species; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum - selected species; for other species see Mesembryanthemum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

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