Hepatica

See also: hepatica, hepática, and hepàtica

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἡπατικός (hēpatikós, “liver-like”), from ἧπαρ ("liver"), because the rounded-triangular lobes of the plant's leaves were thought to resemble the human liver.

Proper noun

Hepatica f

1. The liverworts, taxonomically treated either as
   1. A taxonomic section within the family Ranunculaceae – Anemone sect. Hepatica. or
   2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Erebidae – certain moths.

Hypernyms

• (section of Anemone): Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe; Anemone - genus; Anemone subg. Anemonidium - subgenus
• (genus (Ranunculaceae)): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Anemoneae - tribe; Anemone - genus; Anemone subg. Anemonidium - subgenus
• (genus (Erebidae)): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Noctuoidea - superfamily; Erebidae - family; Eublemminae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (section of Anemone): Anemone acutiloba, Anemone americana, Anemone henryi, Anemone hepatica, Anemone insularis, Anemone maxima, Anemone transsilvanica - species
• (genus (Ranunculaceae)): Hepatica nobilis - type species
• (genus of moths): Hepatica anceps - type species

See also

• Hepaticae

References

section (Ranunculaceae)

• Anemone sect. Hepatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

genus (Ranunculaceae)

• Hepatica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hepatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hepatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hepatica at USDA Plants database
• Hepatica at the Catalogue of Life 
• Hepatica at Encyclopedia of Life
• Hepatica at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Hepatica at The Plant List

genus (Erebidae)

• Hepatica (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Erebidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Hepatica (Erebidae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Hepatica at the Catalogue of Life 
• Hepatica at Encyclopedia of Life