Silphium

See also: silphium

Translingual

Silphium asteriscus

Etymology

From Latin silphium, from Ancient Greek σίλφιον (sílphion, “laserwort”).

Proper noun

Silphium n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – rosinweed.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Asteroideae - subfamily; Heliantheae - tribe; Engelmanniinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Silphium asteriscus (starry rosinweed) - type species

References

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