Alyssum
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Alyssum montanum
See also: alyssum
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Latin ălyssŏn (“madwort”) (alyssum; Lobularia maritima, sweet alyssum (Asperugo, from Ancient Greek ἄλυσσον (álusson).
Proper noun
Alyssum n
- A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – flowering herbs, native to western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly including the members of Lobularia and Aurinia.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, malvids - clades; Brassicales - order; Brassicaceae - family; Alysseae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Alyssum montanum (creeping basket of gold, madwort, mountain alison) - type species; Alyssum abovatum (American madwort), Alyssum dagestanicum, Alyssum saxatile (goldentuft madwort, rock madwort), Alyssum alyssoides (pale madwort), Alyssum saxatile (rock madwort), Alyssum szovitsianum (Szowits' madwort) - selected other species. For others of the numerous species see
Alyssum on WikispeciesWikispecies or 
Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .
Derived terms
References
- Alyssum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Alyssum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Alyssum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Alyssum at USDA Plants database
- Alyssum at Brassibase
