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Mentzelia
Mentzelia
Translingual
Proper noun
Mentzelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Loasaceae – certain flowering plants of the Americas, called blazing stars or stickleafs.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Cornales - order; Loasaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mentzelia affinis, Mentzelia albescens, Mentzelia albicaulis, Mentzelia aspera, Mentzelia chrysantha, Mentzelia congesta, Mentzelia conzattii, Mentzelia cordifolia, Mentzelia crocea, Mentzelia decapetala, Mentzelia densa, Mentzelia desertorum, Mentzelia dispersa, Mentzelia eremophila, Mentzelia fendleriana, Mentzelia goodrichii, Mentzelia gracilenta, Mentzelia hirsutissima, Mentzelia involucrata, Mentzelia inyoensis, Mentzelia jonesii, Mentzelia laciniata, Mentzelia laevicaulis, Mentzelia leucophylla, Mentzelia lindleyi, Mentzelia micrantha, Mentzelia mollis, Mentzelia montana, Mentzelia multiflora, Mentzelia nitens, Mentzelia nuda, Mentzelia oligosperma, Mentzelia oreophila, Mentzelia packardiae, Mentzelia parvifolia, Mentzelia pectinata, Mentzelia polita, Mentzelia pumila, Mentzelia reflexa, Mentzelia rhizomata, Mentzelia rusbyi, Mentzelia scabra, Mentzelia springeri, Mentzelia tiehmii, Mentzelia todiltoensis, Mentzelia torreyi, Mentzelia tricuspis, Mentzelia vietchiana (species)
External links
- Mentzelia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Mentzelia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Mentzelia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Mentzelia at Encyclopedia of Life
- Mentzelia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Mentzelia at The Plant List
- Mentzelia at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2
From German Mentzel (“a surname”) + -ia.
Proper noun
†Mentzelia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Spiriferinidae – certain extinct brachiopods.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Brachiopoda - phylum; Rhynchonelliformea - subphylum; Rhynchonellata - class; Spiriferinida - order; Spiriferinidina - suborder; Spiriferinoidea - superfamily; Spiriferinidae - family; Mentzeliinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Mentzelia mentzeli - type species.
- For additional species see Mentzelia at Fossilworks.