Erigeron

See also: erigeron

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἠριγέρων (ērigérōn, “groundsel”), from ἦρι (êri, “early in the morning”) and γέρων (gérōn, “old man”), a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after flowering or possibly alluding to the early appearance of the seed heads.

Proper noun

Erigeron m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – flowering daisy-like plants, including certain fleabanes.

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; Astereae - tribe

Hyponyms

• For species see Erigeron on WikispeciesWikispecies or Erigeron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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