Comptonia
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, after Compton + -ia
Proper noun
Comptonia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Myricaceae – the sweet fern, native to eastern North America.
Hypernyms
- (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
- (genus): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - sole extant species
Further reading
- Comptonia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Comptonia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Comptonia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Comptonia at USDA Plants database