Calotropis

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Calotropis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Apocynaceae – giant milkweeds, found from the Canary Islands and western tropical Africa to southeastern Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Gentianales – order; Apocynaceae – family; Asclepiadoideae – subfamily; Asclepiadeae – tribe; Asclepiadinae – subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Calotropis procera (apple of Sodom) – type species; Calotropis acia, Calotropis gigantea (crown flower, giant milkweed) – other species

See also

• Asclepias (most milkweeds)

References

• Calotropis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calotropis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Calotropis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Calotropis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Calotropis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Calotropis at USDA Plants database
• Calotropis at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Calotropis at World Register of Marine Species
• Calotropis at Tropicos