Parthenocissus

Translingual

Parthenocissus quinquefolia in Fall

Etymology

New Latin: parthen- +‎ Cissus, from Ancient Greek κισσός (kissós, “ivy”), a Pre-Greek word.

Proper noun

Parthenocissus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Vitaceae – creepers, of temperate climates worldwide.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (genus): Parthenocissus quinquefolia (Virginia creeper) – type species; for other species see Parthenocissus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

References

• Parthenocissus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Parthenocissus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Parthenocissus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Parthenocissus at USDA Plants database
• Parthenocissus at Tropicos
• Parthenocissus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Parthenocissus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Parthenocissus at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Parthenocissus at The Plant List
• Parthenocissus at World Register of Marine Species
• “Parthenocissus”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN