Matthiola

Translingual

Etymology

After Italian naturalist Pietro Andrea Mattioli

Proper noun

Matthiola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – stocks, scented flowering plants native to much of the warm-temperate Old World, excepting east Asia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids – clades; Brassicales – order; Brassicaceae – family; Anchonieae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Matthiola incana (hoary stock) – type species; Matthiola longipetala (night-scented stock, evening stock); Matthiola maderensis, Matthiola afghanica, Matthiola maroccana, Matthiola montana, Matthiola odoratissima, Matthiola parviflora, Matthiola sinuata, Matthiola tricuspidata – selected other species

Derived terms

• Mathiolaria

References

• Matthiola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Matthiola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Matthiola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Matthiola at Brassibase