Primula
Translingual
Etymology
Coined by Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778) Carl Linnaeus, from the feminine inflection of Latin prīmulus (“the very first”), because it flowers early.[1][2]
Proper noun
Primula f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Primulaceae – primroses.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids – clades; Ericales – order; Primulaceae – family; Primuloideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Primula veris - type species; for other species see
Primula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Derived terms
References
Primula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Primula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Primula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- ^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.
- ^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.