Parkia

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Parkia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – certain trees of western Africa, including African locust beans.
2. A taxonomic subgenus within the family Lutjanidae – certain snappers of tropical reefs, Lutjanus (Parkia).

Hypernyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Mimoseae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Fabaceae): Parkia africana - type species
• (subgenus): Parkia furvicaudata, now Lutjanus lemniscatus - type species

References

in Fabaceae

• Parkia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Parkia (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Parkia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Parkia at The Plant List

• “Parkia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.