Comptonia
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]New Latin, after Compton + -ia, in reference to Rev. Henry Compton (1632-1713), bishop of Oxford.
Proper noun
[edit]Comptonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – sweet fern, native to eastern North America.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fagales - order; Myricaceae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Comptonia peregrina - sole extant species
Further reading
[edit]- Comptonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Comptonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Comptonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Comptonia at USDA Plants database