Alisma
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Alisma plantago-aquatica
See also: alisma
Translingual
Etymology
Latin alisma (“an aquatic plant, water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica”), from Ancient Greek ἄλισμα (álisma)
Proper noun
Alisma n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Alismataceae – water plantains.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; "Angiospermae" – superclass; Magnoliopsida – class; Lilianae - superorder; Alismatales - order; Alismataceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Alisma plantago-aquatica (common water plantain) - type species; Alisma canaliculatum, Alisma gramineum (narrowleaf water plantain), Alisma lanceolatum (lanceleaf water plantain), Alisma nanum, Alisma orientale, Alisma subcordatum (American water plantain), Alisma triviale (northern water plantain), Alisma wahlenbergii (other species)
- Alisma × bjoerkqvistii, Alisma × juzepczukii, Alisma × rhicnocarpum - nothospecies
References
Alisma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Alisma on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Alisma on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alisma at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Alisma at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Alisma at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Alisma at USDA Plants database
- Alisma at Tropicos
- Alisma at World Register of Marine Species
