Tropaeolum
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See also: Tropæolum
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Nasturtium-Tropaeolum.jpg/220px-Nasturtium-Tropaeolum.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin tropaeum (“trophy, memorial of victory”). Coined by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.
Proper noun
[edit]Tropaeolum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tropaeolaceae – nasturtiums.
Usage notes
[edit]- Includes species formerly treated as members of genera Magallana and Tropaeastrum.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Tropaeolaceae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Tropaeolum majus (garden nasturtium, Indian cress, lark's-heel) - type species; Tropaeolum buchenavianum, Tropaeolum peregrinum (canary-bird flower) - selected other species; for more species, sections, and subspecies see Tropaeolum at Tropicos
See also
[edit]References
[edit]Tropaeolum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tropaeolum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tropaeolum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Tropaeolum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Tropaeolum at Tropicos