Saussurea

Translingual

Saussurea alpina subsp. depressa

Etymology

From French Saussure (surname, after Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (taxonomist and entomologist)) +‎ -a.

Proper noun

Saussurea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – the saussureas; some called saw-worts.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae – family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Carduinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Saussurea nuda (syn. Serratula alpina) (dwarf saw-wort) - type species; Saussurea costus (costus, kuth), Saussurea alpina (common saw-wort), Saussurea americana (American saw-wort), Saussurea angustifolia (narrowleaf saw-wort), Saussurea densa (clustered saw-wort), Saussurea involucrata (snow lotus), Saussurea nuda (nutty saw-wort), Saussurea obvallata (Brahma kamal), Saussurea viscida (sticky saw-wort), Saussurea weberi (Weber's saw-wort) - selected other species

References

• Saussurea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Saussurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Saussurea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Saussurea at USDA Plants database