Mikania

See also: mikania

Translingual

Mikania obovata.

Etymology

German Mikan (surname) +‎ -ia f, named after Johann Christian Mikan, an Austrian-Czech botanist.

Proper noun

Mikania f

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

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; Eupatorieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mikania scandens (climbing hempvine) - type species Mikania amara, Mikania banisteriae, Mikania cordata (heartleaf hempvine), Mikania cordifolia (Florida Keys hempvine), Mikania fragilis (fragile hempvine), Mikania glomerata, Mikania guaco, Mikania hookeriana, Mikania latifolia, Mikania micrantha (mile-a-minute), Mikania odoratissima (fragrant hempvine), Mikania ovalis, Mikania pachyphylla (Luquillo Mountain hempvine), Mikania porosa (Puerto Rico hempvine), Mikania speciosa, Mikania stevensiana, (Maricao River hempvine) - selected other species
  • For other species, varieties, synonyms see Mikania at The Plant List.

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mikaniya
• → English: mikania
• → Finnish: mikaniat
• → Serbo-Croatian: mikanija

References

• Mikania on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mikania on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mikania on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mikania at USDA Plants database
• Mikania at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mikania at the Catalogue of Life 
• Mikania at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mikania at The Plant List