Petunia

See also: petunia, pétunia, and petúnia

Translingual

Petunia flowers

Etymology

From New Latin Petunia, from French pétun (“(obsolete) the tobacco plant”), from Portuguese petum (“tobacco”), from Paraguayan Guaraní pety.

Proper noun

Petunia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Solanaceae – the petunias, native to South America.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Solanales - order; Solanaceae - family; Petunioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Petunia alpicola, Petunia altiplana, Petunia axillaris, Petunia bajeensis, Petunia bonjardinensis, Petunia exserta, Petunia guarapuavensis, Petunia helianthemoides, Petunia humifusa, Petunia inflata, Petunia integrifolia, Petunia interior, Petunia ledifolia, Petunia littoralis, Petunia mantiqueirensis, Petunia occidentalis, Petunia patagonica, Petunia pubescens, Petunia reitzii, Petunia riograndensis, Petunia saxicola, Petunia scheideana, Petunia variabilis, Petunia villadiana (species)

See also

• List of sequenced plant genomes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Petunia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Petunia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Petunia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Petunia at USDA Plants database