Aucklandia
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Translingual
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Etymology
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Aucklandia f
- (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – Saussurea costus (syn., Aucklandia lappa), a plant found in the Himalayas, used in traditional Chinese herbal medicine, called costus, pachak, or kuth.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (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
References
[edit]Aucklandia lappa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Aucklandia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Saussurea costus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Aucklandia at the Catalogue of Life
- Aucklandia at The Plant List