Crassula

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Translingual

Crassula capitella

Etymology

From Latin crassus m (“thick”) +‎ -ula f (“-ule (diminutive)”). Named by botanist Carl von Linnaeus (1707-1778).^[1]^[2]

Proper noun

Crassula f

A taxonomic genus within the family Crassulaceae – crassulas.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Saxifragales – order; Crassulaceae – family; Crassuloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Crassula perfoliata - type species; for the numerous other accepted species see Crassula at The Plant List.

References

Crassula on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Crassula (Plantae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Crassula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Crassula at The Plant List

^ Erhardt, Walter & Götz, Erich & Bödeker, Nils & Seybold, Siegmund, Zander. Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen. Dictionary of plant names. Dictionnaire des noms de plantes, Ulmer, 2000.
^ Hyam, Roger & Pankhurst, Richard, Plants and their Names. A Concise Dictionary, Oxford University Press, US, 1995.

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