Picea

See also: picea and pícea

Translingual

Picea abies, a species of spruce (tree)

Etymology

From Latin picea (“pitch pine”), referring to Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), ultimately from pix (“pitch”).

Proper noun

Picea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – spruces.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Pinaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Picea abies (Norway spruce, European spruce) – type species; Picea engelmannii (Engelmann's spruce), Picea glauca (white spruce), Picea jezoensis (dark-bark spruce), Picea koyamae (Koyama's spruce), Picea mariana (black spruce), Picea pungens (blue spruce), Picea rubens (red spruce), Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce) – selected species. For other species see Picea on WikispeciesWikispecies or Picea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• Pseudopicea

References

• Picea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Picea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Picea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Picea at USDA Plants database
• Picea at Gymnosperms Database