Adansonia

See also: adansonia, adansónia, and adansônia

Translingual

Adansonia grandidieri

Etymology

After Michel Adanson, a botanist whose works include one on Adansonia digitata +‎ -ia

Proper noun

Adansonia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Malvaceae – baobabs, of Africa, Madagascar, and Australia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Malvales - order; Malvaceae - family; Bombacoideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Adansonia sect. Adansonia (= Adansonia digitata, sole species), Adansonia sect. Brevitubae, Adansonia sect. Longitubae - sections

References

• Adansonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Adansonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Adansonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons