Saponaria

See also: saponaria

Translingual

Saponaria officinalis

Etymology

Late Latin sāpōnāria, from Latin sāpo (“soap”) + -āria, referring to its use as soap

Proper noun

Saponaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caryophyllaceae – soapworts.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Saponaria officinalis – type species; See Saponaria at The Plant List for accepted species and other species names.

Further reading

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